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Clearly the Roman emperor Tiberius never existed.

Busts of his head are obviously fakes. How can one person have different shaped heads?
Coins with his picture are also fakes. How can one person have so many different shapes of nose?
The noses on coins are actually good evidence against the existence of many of the Roman emperors.

How could so many emperors independently have such large pointed noses?

How could NOT EVEN ONE ever have a small nose?

Big noses are part of the Emperor Myth.
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Start the day with some tiny, cute little initials from a 12th-century William of Malmesbury's *Deeds of the Kings of the English*!
Explore the whole manuscript on the #PolonskyPre1200 website: bl.uk/collection-ite…
@laBnF Latin 6047 Small coloured initial G with a bird drawn inside itSmall illuminated initial O, with an angry-looking green bird inside it
This manuscript is discussed in Chantry Westwell's article on the legend of #KingArthur
#PolonskyPre1200
bl.uk/medieval-engli… Opening of Chantry Westwell's article 'Early Latin versions of the Legend of King Arthur' on the British Library's Medieval England and France webpage
And it's also in Jaakko Tahkokallio's article on early medieval historians!
#PolonskyPre1200
bl.uk/medieval-engli… Opening of Jaakko Tahkokallio's article 'Historians of the early Middle Ages' on the British Library's Medieval England and France webpage
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