Originally posted by Centrix Vigilis
And as an ad hominem...in the original intent of the Latin translation...it also highlighted his obvious fertility success with multiple partners...given the numbers arrived at. |
But looking at those numbers highlights the transient nature of life. Of the seven children he had from his first three wives, five died before their father.
And to be honest, for a man who was married to a succession of young, fertile fillies for nearly half a century, to produce only 13 children in all that time is not a very high fertility rate on his part.