Maximinus Thrax - The Giant Emperor #26 Roman History Documentary Series

The iotola of rock and rola.what a bad ass name.

Maximinus thrax
Height 8'0 feet tall
Weight 641 lbs
Strength crushed to rock

To talk about Maximinus and not talk about the battle of Hartzhorn is at least strange.

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Was a bit surprised to hear GW2 music in this! But it fits ha.

His fingers were also huge, in roman records it has said that his rings were as big as a childs wrist.

He had acromegaly. That is why the historical reports not his huge brow ridge and jaw. This is what Andre the giant had

he was the only roman emperor to push romes' north frontier to the north sea even for a year or so.......

IT IS GOOD DAY TO BE GIANT MAN

Neat info, but your pronunciations of even basic names is pretty terrible. Still glad for the info, but maybe take a little time to research Latin pronunciation, even if you say it the ecclesiastical way and with a British accent it would be better than butchering it completely.

I showed a physician friend a sestertius and several denarii of Max Thrax. He asked about Max's height. I replied that he was extremely tall. The doctor diagnosed Max as either having Marfan Syndrome or, more likely, acromegaly. The late wrestler André the Giant had acromegaly. So, the legends of his great height may be true.

His psychopathic behavior was always going to end badly.

Dang, this is my great^54 grandfather

His denarius coins well struck and purity seams 65%…. Normal 2.8 to 3.1 grams. Did not issue double Denarii… bet the forced taxes and just stripping the rich… and raising the pay of soldiers…. So huge production of high quality coins. His son died with him in 238… he was in his 60’s.

Gothic father Allan’s mother. The dude was a serious barbarian

Ah, yes... Maximinus Thrax – "the first barbarian emperor of Rome".

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Great video. Thank you!

The only reference of his father being Gothic and his mother Alanian is "Historia Augustae" a book FILLED with disinformation. Which is why that "Fact" must be taken with a grain of salt...

"Maximinus Thrax" What a fine name. At last yt gave me an idea of what's my next acct. name 😂

My idol

THRAX Pius coins are quite common and appear good quality silver… 60%. He stopped making double denarii (unknown how they worked in real life) but produced large qualities of nice coins. His son is in coins as Caesar. He stripped the rich of wealth to 1) Pay the Army. 2) Pay the Army.. and most important 3) PAY THE FU#%*^+ Army!!!

A Manly MAN but Little political ability.

How anyone had the guts to assaasinate this brute giant of a man baffles me. He reminds me of the byzantine general Maniakes.

O how I desperately wish that people would just learn how to properly pronounce non-English words, in stead of bastardizing them by 'anglicizing' the pronunciations! Latin isn't English for goodness sake!

The real life mountain from game of thrones. Except he becomes a Roman emperor

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The big guy from Thrace!

The biggest destroyers of the Roman empire the SENATE AND THE PRETORIUM GUARD .

As a matter of fact I think Maximinus possessed such an emperor's appearance Rome needed at that time. Many barbaric tribes were migrating across the roman empire's borders and the legions were less capable of containing them. They suffered many casualties, therefore, legionaries needed such an imposing leader who could encourage them to fight for Rome in order to restore their patriotic dignity.

Maximinus Thrax could be argued as the necessary type of emperor at the time (even though I strongly disagree). A military despot over a civilian regime. But Maximinus Thrax still wasn't good at being an Emperor. A decent general who didn't know the first thing about governing.

How tall was he? To bad there is no tomb to marvel at. I would guess 6ft-6 or over riding a warhorse would seem absolutely gigantic. History paints Napoleon to be short in stature, he was 5ft9. Which was tall in those days. Riding into battle opposing soldiers thought he was a giant. So one has to take history with a grain of salt!

The senate is cancer

He's depicted riding a horse, but what kind of horse could carry a human that is over 8' tall?!

The Crisis was already deep, DEEP into the Dark Ages. And of course a guy with a name like "Thrax" would be involved. Try to sound more like a villain, dude.

Dude you totally said poopyanus .

About 20 years ago, Maximinus' battlegrounds on the Harzhorn Mountain in Germania was discovered by chance. Archaeologists have excavated the area, finding thousands of arrow heads etc. which have allowed experts to determine exactly how the battle was fought, with the Roman army being victorious. It is a fascinating story.

Love the Artistry!

The Senate should have been destroyed and forever banished from existing again....

Georgius Gemistus Pletho said: "Thracians are people who live north of us, from whom we have learned Muses and Mysteries - and nation that has all that can not be regarded as Barbarian nation as many would out of hostility proclaim"

People laugh when the bible speaks a out giants but openly accepts that maximus was 8 feet tall... People, goliath was just another maximus

Finally the theory about giant is over

Why do people doubt reports of his size? Very large humans are found all round the globe today also

Wikipedia: The Alans (Latin: Alani) were an ancient and medieval Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the the North Caucasus – generally regarded as part of the Sarmatians, The name Alan represents an Iranian dialectal form of Aryan.

Yeah the 3rd century is a train wreck.. but I call 1st dibs on my band name.. Maximinius Thrax.

Mr .workout

Great historical video thank you !!
I've studied the Romans and Latin but never yet learned of this short lived emperor.

Gothic god emp.Grneral zod.Whats a hobbit to do?Hitler happen anyway.Poe

I read somewhere that his territorial conquests in Germany went as far north as Denmark, but were quickly abandoned due to him having to address the troubles back in Rome.

Mercury knows what you did

Over 8 feet tall? Originally from Malaysia? What? Bye, 😆