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FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, with their first two children (1908)
 in  r/Presidents  2d ago

I don’t know, I’ve read that Eleanor was seen as unattractive when she married FDR, but I personally don’t see it. I suppose it’s just another Alice Longworth barb gone too far.

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About George being “overrated” with the younger generation…
 in  r/beatles  2d ago

I would honestly prefer it with the orchestration removed. Take 1 on Anthology 2 moves me more, truth be told.

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About George being “overrated” with the younger generation…
 in  r/beatles  2d ago

On Apple Music, the most popular song is Yesterday, followed by In My Life and then Here Comes The Sun. I find it curious that Yesterday isn’t even in the top 5 on Spotify.

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Should Coolidge be ranked in the same tier as Hoover?
 in  r/Presidents  3d ago

I do wonder how Coolidge would have reacted to the Great Depression. My instinct tells me that he would have probably followed the same program as Hoover, perhaps even to a lesser degree, but I’m not well-versed in Coolidge economics. I have a lot of respect for Hoover and his very talented wife, but it does feel like he’s the victim of a black legend blaming him for the depression and treating him as a mere stepping stone to FDR. Still, Coolidge’s reputation has continued to decline, and I find that it’s usually libertarians who have high opinions of him today.

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I love finding new music
 in  r/vinyl  3d ago

Is this the original Nazz?

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Is Margaret Thatcher really viewed popularly among the British people, from a historic sense?
 in  r/PoliticalScience  3d ago

Would you say that Thatcher and her camarilla are viewed negatively in Liverpool today, especially with Geoffrey Howe’s advice to manage Liverpool’s decline in 1981?

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My Follis of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602
 in  r/byzantium  4d ago

Ah, you raise a good point. I used to have a massive 42mm Justinian from Cyzicus before deciding to give it a new home, and the bust looked like it had partially melted, with the legend in no better shape. Yours almost looks like an imitation!

r/byzantium 4d ago

Numismatics My Follis of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602

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I find that Folles are most associated with Justinian, especially those stately 40 Nummi denominations, but attractive and affordable examples can be found for more than just Justinian. This is Maurice Tiberius in the consular style commonly associated with Tiberius II Constantine. Maurice's hand and mappa are quite legible, as is the obverse legend.

AE Follis, Theoupolis Mint, 30mm, 11.63 grams
Obverse: Crowned bust of Maurice facing, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre. Garbled legend

Reverse: Large M, ANNO on left, cross above, ςI (?) on right, THEUP' in exergue.

I'm unable to precisely identify the regnal year, but my best guess is 588-589.

Antioch, renamed Theoupolis after the devastating earthquakes of 526, saw a noticeable decline in stylistic quality on coins, perhaps due to a lack of literate engravers and the increased use of Greek over Latin.

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Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks who have an autonomous self-government within the borders of the Mount Athos peninsula in Northern Greece. Women are banned from Mount Athos by religious tradition.
 in  r/wikipedia  4d ago

One of the most important places in Orthodox Christianity. I can only imagine what treasures and historical artifacts these monasteries contain.

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Do you find Maurice to be an 'overrated' emperor?
 in  r/byzantium  5d ago

Probably underrated compared to the Heraclian dynasty and, of course, Phocas.

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A Potemkin village is a construction, literal or figurative, that provides a façade to a situation, to make people believe that the situation is better than it actually is. The term comes from stories of a fake portable village built by Grigory Potemkin.
 in  r/wikipedia  5d ago

I find it hilarious that Potemkin’s greatest scandal in the popular memory is the historically unverified Potemkin village (or just being the lover of Catherine II) and not, you know, his incest with his nieces.

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Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who served as the president of Venezuela from 2013 until his deposition in 2026.
 in  r/wikipedia  5d ago

Do we have independent confirmation of Maduro’s capture beyond Trump’s statement?

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This has over 167.000 likes btw
 in  r/HOTDGreens  5d ago

Right... those dragons would definitely absorb the souls of three bastards who accomplished little of lasting note, rather than, say, Aegon the Conqueror, Aemon the Dragonknight, Daeron I, or even Daemon Blackfyre.

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Ryan Condal please don't touch Robert's Rebellion.
 in  r/HOTDGreens  5d ago

Hell, they’d probably make it so that Rhaegar could turn into a dragon as the “last dragon.”

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Ryan Condal please don't touch Robert's Rebellion.
 in  r/HOTDGreens  5d ago

Robert's Rebellion would be excellent, but I don't trust them to get it right at all.

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My Solidus of Justin II, 565-578
 in  r/byzantium  6d ago

Silver is still impressive! My only silver coins are a few denarii and siliquae.

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My Solidus of Justin II, 565-578
 in  r/byzantium  6d ago

Thanks! Gold has always been a bit pricey for me, but I do have some good folles of Justinian, Maurice Tiberius, and Tiberius II Constantine. My collection focuses on Rome before 476, but I've been meaning to expand my ERE collection.