FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL ROMAN IMPERIAL SILVER ANTONINIANUS OF MARCUS JULIUS PHILIPPUS FROM 244 - 249 AD.
Some Crystalization
Some claim that Philip arranged a mutiny that led to the assassination of Gordian III THE SIZE IS 23.5 MM AND 4.53 GRAMS.
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OBVERSE – IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE - ANNONA AVGG, Annona standing left, holding grain ears in her right hand over modius to left, and cornucopia in her left
EMPEROR Philip the Arab, the son of a Roman citizen, Julius Marinus, was born in the Roman province of Arabia, probably during the reign of Septimius Severus. Philip's brother Julius Priscus, was appointed praetorian prefect by Gordian III. When the other praetorian prefect died in 243, Philip was appointed to replace him. Some claim that Philip arranged a mutiny that led to the assassination of Gordian III in 244, after which Philip was appointed emperor. Philip appointed his son Marcus Julius Severus Philippus his heir and Caesar, making him co-ruler and Augustus in 247. Philip sent a new commander named Decius to handle discipline among the Roman troops along the Danube, which was the homeland of Decius. The troops named Decius emperor and revolted against Philip in 249. The troops under Decius and those under Philip met in Verona and Philip died, either in battle or by assassination. IMPERIAL ROME Imperial Rome was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The 500-year-old Roman Republic, which preceded it, had been destabilized through a series of civil wars. Several events marked the transition from Republic to Empire, including Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator (44 BC); the Battle of Actium; and the granting of the honorific Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate . The first two centuries of the Empire were a period of unprecedented stability and prosperity known as the Pax Romana ("Roman Peace"). It reached its greatest expanse during the reign of Trajan. In the 3rd century, the Empire underwent a crisis that threatened its existence, but was reunified and stabilized under the emperors Aurelian and Diocletian. Christians rose to power in the 4th century, during which time a system of dual rule was developed in the Latin West and Greek East. After the collapse of central government in the West in the 5th century, the eastern half continued as what would later be known as the Byzantine Empire. Because of the Empire's vast extent and long endurance, the institutions and culture of Rome had a profound and lasting influence on the development of language, religion, architecture, philosophy, law, and forms of government in the territory it governed, particularly Europe, and by means of European expansionism throughout the modern world.
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