Read Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome - Paul N. Pearson | ePub Online

Read online Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome - Paul N. Pearson | ePub

The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor.Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman “of frightening appearance and colossal size” who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor Severus who enlisted Maximinus into the imperial bodyguard whereupon he embarked on a distinguished military career.

Title : Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
Author : Paul N. Pearson
Language : en
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Uploaded : Apr 03, 2021

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