Ebook: Maximinus Thrax: from common soldier to Emperor of Rome

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter I: Nursâ#x80;#x99;d in Blood and War; Chapter II: Cursus Maximini; Chapter III: Regime Change; Chapter IV: Duke of the Riverbank; Chapter V: Empireâ#x80;#x99;s Edge; Chapter VI: Soldier-Emperor; Chapter VII: Echoes in Eternity; Chapter VIII: Maximinus Augustus; Photos; Chapter IX: Provokâ#x80;#x99;d Rebellion; Chapter X: The Noble and the Brave; Chapter XI: Bellum Civile; Chapter XII: A New Start; Chapter XIII: Empire of Fortune; Chapter XIV: The Giantâ#x80;#x99;s Legacy.;The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor. Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman #x93;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. Eventually he achieved senior command in the massive Roman invasion of Persia in 232 AD, and three years later he became emperor himself in a military coup#x97;the first common soldier ever to assume the imperial throne. Supposedl.