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What if Emperor Norton had really been a reigning monarch?

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, December 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM

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#15
December 21, 2010, 09:19:22 PM
QuoteHowever, after the deaths of Caligula's wife and daughter, it became apparent that Cassius intended to go beyond the terms of the conspiracy and wipe out the imperial family. In the chaos following the murder, Claudius witnessed the German guard cut down several uninvolved noblemen, including many of his friends. He fled to the palace to hide. According to tradition, a Praetorian named Gratus found him hiding behind a curtain and suddenly declared him princeps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius

Just saying.
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#16
December 21, 2010, 09:20:31 PM
Looking into it more, I will concede the point about Nero, but Claudius doesn't seem to have been entirely unwilling, if only because he wanted to get the throne out of Caligula's hands. He did pardon Caligula's assassins, and change his name to legitimize his role as emperor. Though my refutation of Claudius was actually based on the line
QuoteThat might be a good strategy;  Find some kid who just wants to mind his own business, then force them into monarchy.
He may have been the Gerald Ford of Roman Emperors, but he was certainly not a kid.
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#17
December 22, 2010, 03:32:36 AM
I'll just point out that Claudius' last address to the Roman Senate admonished Britannicus to grow up fast (read, so that Nero would not be Emperor).
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#18
December 22, 2010, 10:24:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM
Something very close actually happened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Pedro_II

I can't find a single thing wrong with this guy.

That dude was fucking awesome. We need one of him.

I am actually starting to see some value in monarchy over democracy.
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#19
December 22, 2010, 01:50:26 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 22, 2010, 10:24:34 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM
Something very close actually happened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Pedro_II

I can't find a single thing wrong with this guy.

That dude was fucking awesome. We need one of him.

I am actually starting to see some value in monarchy over democracy.

We have no king but Elvis, baby.
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Suu

#20
December 22, 2010, 02:22:08 PM
Claudius was fucked in the head anyway. He was one of his uncle's minnows, after all.
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#21
December 22, 2010, 03:23:53 PM
QuoteHis name in full was Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga

lol GREAT find Roger!

With a name like this how could he NOT end up being Emperor?

Nephew Twiddleton

#22
December 22, 2010, 05:38:07 PM
Quote from: Suu on December 22, 2010, 02:22:08 PM
Claudius was fucked in the head anyway. He was one of his uncle's minnows, after all.

Ugh, minnows....

:vom:
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Suu

#23
December 22, 2010, 10:09:47 PM
Yeah.

Imperial Rome was awesome.
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#24
December 23, 2010, 02:06:36 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM
Something very close actually happened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Pedro_II

I can't find a single thing wrong with this guy.
I can't think of a better example of  Ruling done properly. And I'd never heard of him until half an hour ago.  I don't think I'm being too easily convinced either. The Bloke was a natural. A rare thing, these days, to see a Ruler, who knows the Art of Statecraft so well. (Or a Statesman, who knows how to Rule properly)
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#25
January 01, 2011, 07:39:28 AM
Look, asshole:  Your 'incomprehensible' act, your word-salad, your pinealism...It BORES ME.  I've been incomprehensible for so long, I TEACH IT TO MBA CANDIDATES.  So if you simply MUST talk about your pineal gland or happy children dancing in the wildflowers, go talk to Roger, because he digs that kind of shit
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