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Cniva: The Goth King Who Defeated Rome

Cniva, the king of the Goths, successfully took Philipopolis, killing over 100,000 Roman citizens and enslaving survivors, laid siege to the city of Nicopolis, and defeated the Romans under Decius, killing both the emperor and his son at the Battle of Abritus in 251. Cniva may have learned strategic skills and tactics in the Roman army, as many Goth warriors were enlisted or served as mercenaries, or could have simply had a natural talent for warfare. Either way, he proved a formidable adversary to Rome and defeated their forces so completely that, after the death of Decius, the Romans had no choice but to allow him to safely depart their territory with all the booty and prisoners he had taken from Philipopolis.

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A potentially unique coin, a new Decius type…

Roman Province - Pisidia

AE24 - 7.94g

Trajan Decius 249-251 AD

Antioch Mint

Obverse IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRA

Bust of Decius right, radiate, draped, cuirassed, from behind

Reverse ANTIOCH CE COLO S R

Vexillum with eagle, flanked by standards with eagles

And tell sad stories of the death of kings;

How some have been deposed; some slain in war,

Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed;

Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d;"

"All murder’d: for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king

Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits,

Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp."

Isaac II and Alexios III Angelos - Nemanjici: Radjanje kraljevine (2018)

Trajan Decius - Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)

But I git it done in 2 days and got a 100%

commission for Decius/Jetsers

He's a part of the dev team from my most favourite game in the world Wizard101 I'm grateful and this motivated me!