Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 42

[cahn]

Last post, we had (among other things) Danish kings and their favorites; Louis XIV and Philippe d'Orléans; reviews of a very shippy book about Katte, a bad Jacobite novel, and a great book about clothing; a fic about Émilie du Châtelet and Voltaire; and a review of a set of entertaining Youtube history videos about Frederick the Great.

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Re: On a Byzantine note

[mildred_of_midgard]

Mildred, you're better with the later Emperors, how about Caracalla, didn't he off his brother? Anyone else from the family?

I, haha, maybe ten years ago I was, but these days I can't remember who on earth killed who, other than yes, Caracalla killed Geta. I do remember that.

However, the Tetrarchy had been going off the rails at this point already, long before Constantine made his play. It's questionable whether it was ever a workable model beyond Diocletian's personal reign."

Mildred? Going by everything I've read for your Yuletide Madness treat, he's right there, but I didn't go in too deep.

From everything I've read, I agree, but one day we'll do Classics salon and do a deeper dive!

(I have to say, I've *never* studied any historical period as deeply as we're studying 18th century history. Truly, the alchemy is powerful, and it is the *best*.)