Talk:Barracks emperor

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Removal of the first part

Both versions can be found i.e. where the term Barracks emperor is restricted to the 3rd century and where it is applied to any emperor that was appointed by the army. Dirk math (talk) 22:16, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism

While I've heard/read the term used, I'm unaware of any formal definition for the terminology "Barracks emperor" -- how do we determine whether a given person should belong (or be excluded) from this category? What this article needs is a history of the term: who created it, who uses it, what kind of interpretation of Roman history does it promote? Otherwise, we just have a dubious list of people who possibly have one or more things in common. -- llywrch (talk) 23:11, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]