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    Default What Rome's emperors looked like: From Caligula to Tiberius.

    Truly extraordinary, really brings history to life.



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    Truly amazing how they look, Caligula looks remarkably different to what I had imagined!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grajonca View Post
    Truly extraordinary, really brings history to life.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Grajonca View Post
    Truly extraordinary, really brings history to life.
    Vespasian looks like LBJ.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Vespasian looks like LBJ.


    Yes, spitting image! Nero looks a little like Ed Sheeran.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grajonca View Post
    Truly extraordinary, really brings history to life.



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    Disappointing that Caligula doesn't look like Malcolm McDowell.

    Vitellius kinda looks like Mussolini.

    Vespasian looks like LBJ.

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    Caligula looks like he's about to murder you... Which he probably is. Nero looks like he's had one too many lead popsicles growing up... Several look like they're barely out of their teens. Several more look Black. Ulpia Severina looks female.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Caligula looks like he's about to murder you... Which he probably is. Nero looks like he's had one too many lead popsicles growing up... Several look like they're barely out of their teens. Several more look Black. Ulpia Severina looks female.
    Ulpia Severina was a female, she was the wife of Aurelian but little is known about her apart from numismatic evidence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Disappointing that Caligula doesn't look like Malcolm McDowell.

    Vitellius kinda looks like Mussolini.

    Vespasian looks like LBJ.
    Claudius doesn't look much like Derek Jacobi either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grajonca View Post
    Ulpia Severina was a female, she was the wife of Aurelian but little is known about her apart from numismatic evidence.
    Well, better that than historians claiming he / she was cis-gendered or some nonsense...

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Well, better that than historians claiming he / she was cis-gendered or some nonsense...
    The Romans could show modern day queers a thing or two!

    https://blog.oup.com/2015/11/lgbt-id...-ancient-rome/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grajonca View Post
    The Romans could show modern day queers a thing or two!

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    Like better bath houses...?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    The chronology Caligula to Tiberius doesn't make any sense.
    Why?

    1st Century CE

    Augustus (31 BCE–14 CE)
    Tiberius (14–37 CE)
    Caligula (37–41 CE)

    Claudius (41–54 CE)
    Nero (54–68 CE)
    Galba (68–69 CE)
    Otho (January–April 69 CE)
    Aulus Vitellius (July–December 69 CE)
    Vespasian (69–79 CE)
    Titus (79–81 CE)
    Domitian (81–96 CE)
    Nerva (96–98 CE)

    2nd Century CE

    Trajan (98–117 CE)
    Hadrian (117–138 CE)
    Antoninus Pius (138–161 CE)
    Marcus Aurelius (161–180 CE)
    Lucius Verus (161–169 CE)
    Commodus (177–192 CE)
    Publius Helvius Pertinax (January–March 193 CE)
    Marcus Didius Severus Julianus (March–June 193 CE)
    Septimius Severus (193–211 CE)

    3rd Century CE

    Caracalla (198–217 CE)
    Publius Septimius Geta (209–211 CE)
    Macrinus (217–218 CE)
    Elagabalus (218–222 CE)
    Severus Alexander (222–235 CE)
    Maximinus (235–238 CE)
    Gordian I (March–April 238 CE)
    Gordian II (March–April 238 CE)
    Pupienus Maximus (April 22–July 29, 238 CE)
    Balbinus (April 22–July 29, 238 CE)
    Gordian III (238–244 CE)
    Philip (244–249 CE)
    Decius (249–251 CE)
    Hostilian (251 CE)
    Gallus (251–253 CE)
    Aemilian (253 CE)
    Valerian (253–260 CE)
    Gallienus (253–268 CE)
    Claudius II Gothicus (268–270 CE)
    Quintillus (270 CE)
    Aurelian (270–275 CE)
    Tacitus (275–276 CE)
    Florian (June–September 276 CE)
    Probus (276–282 CE)
    Carus (282–283 CE)
    Numerian (283–284 CE)
    Carinus (283–285 CE)
    Diocletian (east, 284–305 CE; divided the empire into east and west)
    Maximian (west, 286–305 CE)

    4th Century CE

    Constantius I (west, 305–306 CE)
    Galerius (east, 305–311 CE)
    Severus (west, 306–307 CE)
    Maxentius (west, 306–312 CE)
    Constantine I (306–337 CE; reunified the empire)
    Galerius Valerius Maximinus (310–313 CE)
    Licinius (308–324 CE)
    Constantine II (337–340 CE)
    Constantius II (337–361 CE)
    Constans I (337–350 CE)
    Gallus Caesar (351–354 CE)
    Julian (361–363 CE)
    Jovian (363–364 CE)
    Valentinian I (west, 364–375 CE)
    Valens (east, 364–378 CE)
    Gratian (west, 367–383 CE; coemperor with Valentinian I)
    Valentinian II (375–392 CE; crowned as child)
    Theodosius I (east, 379–392 CE; east and west, 392–395 CE)
    Arcadius (east, 383–395 CE, coemperor; 395–402 CE, sole emperor)
    Magnus Maximus (west, 383–388 CE)
    Honorius (west, 393–395 CE, coemperor; 395–423 CE, sole emperor)

    5th Century CE

    Theodosius II (east, 408–450 CE)
    Constantius III (west, 421 CE, coemperor)
    Valentinian III (west, 425–455 CE)
    Marcian (east, 450–457 CE)
    Petronius Maximus (west, March 17–May 31, 455 CE)
    Avitus (west, 455–456 CE)
    Majorian (west, 457–461 CE)
    Libius Severus (west, 461–465 CE)
    Anthemius (west, 467–472 CE)
    Olybrius (west, April–November 472 CE)
    Glycerius (west, 473–474 CE)
    Julius Nepos (west, 474–475 CE)
    Romulus Augustulus (west, 475–476 CE)
    Leo I (east, 457–474 CE)
    Leo II (east, 474 CE)
    Zeno (east, 474–491 CE)

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/lis...perors-2043294
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