51 Maximian

Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium

Rob and Jamie

Comedy, History

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Diocletian, Diocletian, Diocletian... That's all anyone wants to talk about. But his colleague Maximian has a lot to offer! Or at least he thinks he does. He is one of Rome's longest rulers, so what did he actually do? Find out: How he lost a Provence with a badly worded note! how he attempted to invade using wardrobes! How he spent his peaceful retirement! And much much more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Totalis Rankium. I am Jamie.
0:27.8	And I'm Rob, ranking all the emperors from Augustus to Augustus. This is episode 51, Maximian.
0:34.6	Yes, I've been practicing, I can say his name. In my head, it's got chimpanzee emperor. Yes, well maybe he is. Well, you know a lot about him, don't we? Because we already know a lot about diocletian. That's true. Yes, but let's get his perspective, shall we? Let's do this. But before we start today, I just want to address something. There are few people raised online through Facebook.
0:54.6	Yeah, there were few people, didn't we?
0:55.6	Yeah, I did not mention last week the fact that the principate period ended,
1:01.4	and the dominant or dominate period starts.
1:04.3	I have no idea what that means.
1:05.2	Well, these are two dividing areas of Roman history.
1:08.1	Right.
1:09.0	Up until Diocletian, it's considered that all the emperors are following Augustus' model of being the emperor.
1:17.1	Right.
1:17.6	He is first amongst citizens.
1:19.2	He is precepts.
1:20.8	Yeah.
1:21.2	After Diocletian, it follows the dominant.
1:23.8	As in Dominion, or Dominos.
1:27.0	And that is our lord and protector kind of, we will worship you kind of emperor.
1:33.3	Ah, so more on a pedestal?
1:35.3	Yes. Right. I didn't mention it. I didn't mention it on purpose.
1:39.3	I thought as much.
1:41.3	Did you?
1:43.3	It's just a personal little bug bear of mine really. I just didn't really see it was that thought as much. Did you?
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