Historical Rulers Nearly Erased From History

Sometimes different kingdoms or empires tried to scrub out an embarrassing or hated ruler. Thankfully it rarely worked. ➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!:   / emperortigerstar   Get 10% off cool historic coin displays with the code EMPEROR here! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ownapieceof... Music used: "Death of Kings" by Kevin MacLeod Sources: Birley, Anthony. Septimius Severus: The African Emperor. United Kingdom: Routledge, 1999. Chan, Hok-lam. Ming Taizu (r. 1368–98) and the Foundation of the Ming Dynasty in China. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2023. Dio, Cassius. (William Mann translation). Caracalla and Geta: Lives of the Roman Emperors of Gladiator II. N.p.: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2025. Omissi, Adrastos. Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, 2018. Ridley, Ronald T.. Akhenaten: A Historian's View. Egypt: American University in Cairo Press, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/201012032...