{"product_id":"roman-tetrarchy-maximian-ad-286-310-bi-nummus-nude-genius-ngc-002","title":"ROMAN TETRARCHY Maximian AD 286-310 BI Nummus \/ Nude Genius NGC (002)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14pt;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfont style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\u003cdiv style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003ch2 class=\"WCPGSubHead\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 11px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/resized-images.crazylister.com\/68747470733a2f2f696d672e6372617a796c69737465722e636f6d2f35383630382f696d616765732f6c6f676f322835292e706e673f76657273696f6e49643d5f695235775254556a5736497a53305f54792e524c376649764f6c347a727834\/auto\/82.png\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eROMAN TETRARCHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximian - Roman Emperor AD 286-310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tBI NUMMUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tGRADED NGC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tObverse: Laureate head right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tReverse: Genius standing left, modius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\ton head, naked except for chlamys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tover left shoulder , holding patera from which liquid flows, and \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcornucopia,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tGenius. The name comes probably from Lat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tgignere, because this deity was assigned to each human when he \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\twas conceived or\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\the was taken under his protection (Varro), or he has created us \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\thimself or has\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tbeen created together with us (Apuleius).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tIt's clear, that the Romans tried to integrate the Genius into \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\ttheir mythology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tHis parents should have been Jupiter and Gaea, who has born him, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tafter Jupiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\thas created him when he was asleep. Others suggest that he was a \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tson of the gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tand the father of men. In any case all suggest that the Genii - \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthere are many\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tof them! - take a middle position between the gods and men. As \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tsoon as a human\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tbeing was born one or two Genii were assigned to him, a white \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tgood one and a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tblack bad one. The good one gives him all of his good thoughts, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe bad one the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcontrary. Which ever is the stronger one he is the one who forms \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe character\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tof the man. Genii always appear at males. Within women there \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\twere the Junones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tThe Genii stayed with their person until his death when they \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tgave him to the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tgods. According to others each man has only one Genius. The \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tGenius handed down\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\this man to the court and blamed him if he was lying or praised \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\thim when he kept\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe truth. According to the Genius the judgment was given to him \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tbecause the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tGenius knew all of his secret thoughts. Even families, cities \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tand countries had\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthese guardian spirits. The Genius of Rome had a golden statue \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tin the VIII region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tHerculius (c. 250 – c. July 310), commonly referred to as \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximian, was Caesar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t(junior Roman Emperor ) from July 285 and Augustus (senior Roman \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tEmperor) from\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tApril 1, 286 to Toulouse - Musée Saint-Raymond - Maximien \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tHercule1.jpgMay 1,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tsuperior, Diocletian ,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\twhose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\testablished his residence at Trier but spent most of his time on \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcampaign. In\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe late summer of 285, he suppressed rebels in Gaul known as \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe Bagaudae .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tFrom 285 to 288, he fought against Germanic tribes along the \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tRhine frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tTogether with Diocletian, he ran a scorched earth campaign deep \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tinto the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tterritory of the Alamanni tribes in 288, temporarily relieving \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe Rhenish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tprovinces from the threat of Germanic invasion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tThe man he appointed to police the Channel shores, Carausius , \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\trebelled in 286,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcausing the secession of Britain and northwestern Gaul. Maximian \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tfailed to oust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tCarausius, and his invasion fleet was destroyed by storms in 289 \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tor 290.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximan's subordinate, Constantius , campaigned against \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tCarausius' successor,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tAllectus , while Maximian held the Rhenish frontier. The rebel \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tleader was ousted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tin 296, and Maximian moved south to combat Moorish pirates in \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tIberia and Berber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tincursions in Mauretania . When these campaigns concluded in \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\t298, he departed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tfor Italy, where he lived in comfort until 305. At Diocletian's \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tbehest, Maximian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tabdicated on May 1, 305, gave the Augustan office to Constantius, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tand retired to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tsouthern Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tIn late 306, Maximian took the title of Augustus again and aided \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\this son\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaxentius ' rebellion in Italy. In April 307, he attempted to \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tdepose his son,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tbut failed and fled to the court of Constantius' successor, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tConstantine , in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tTrier. At the Council of Carnuntum in November 308, Diocletian \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tand his\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tsuccessor, Galerius , forced Maximian to renounce his imperial \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tclaim again. In\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tearly 310, Maximian attempted to seize Constantine's title while \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tthe emperor was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\ton campaign on the Rhine. Few supported him, and he was captured \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tby Constantine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tin Marseille. Maximian committed suicide in the summer of 310 on \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tConstantine's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\torders. During Constantine's war with Maxentius, Maximian's \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\timage was purged\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tfrom all public places. However, after Constantine ousted and \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tkilled Maxentius,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximian's image was rehabilitated, and he was deified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tOne of the members of the Tetrarchy, Maximianus had a convoluted \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\treign that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tstarted when he and Diocletian began ruling as equals in 286. \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximianus was in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcharge of the western portion of the empire along with \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tConstantius I, his junior\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tin command, while Diocletian and Galerius ruled the eastern \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\thalf. After several\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tyears of putting down revolts and usurpers, both he and \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tDiocletian abdicated to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tlet their Caesars take their place in 306. However, this \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tpeaceful arrangement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\twould come to an end soon when Maximianus's son Maxentius \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tinitiated a revolt of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\this own. Seeing that it would lend an air of legitimacy to his \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tclaims, Maxentius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\trequested his father to return to assume the high post along \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\twith him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tMaximianus, although possibly reluctant initially, took up his \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tson's offer. He\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\thad abdicated less than voluntarily under Diocletian's scheme \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tand now he was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\tcaught up in the fervor of Maxentius's drive to become sole \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\truler. 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