https://freerepublic.com/tag/lateromanempire/ en-us Fri, 6 Nov 2026 14:45:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402051/posts Many years ago, I wrote a brief post on the birthday of the brief-reigning Roman Emperor Claudius II Gothicus. This post was little more than a summary of his reign (from AD 268-270) based on the scanty sources we have for that period during the so-called Crisis of the Third Century. At the end, however, I included a notice about the supposed familial link between Claudius and Constantine. Claudius has been on my mind a bit lately, and so I decided to ask my preferred AI bot what it thought of this thesis. The initial result didn't surprise me: Constantine... Gloria Romanorum https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402051/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2026 14:45:35 GMT