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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 23, 2018 15:12:45 GMT
Here’s an easy one: A general who died at the age of 65. He is known as Emperor Justinian’s favourite general. His famous military battle is the decisive victory at Dara which protected Constantinople from the Sassanid Persians. He also had conquered North Africa and Italy but suffered a disaster in maintaining his Italian troops when he was pulled back in Constantinople leading Justinian to force him into retirement. He died a few months before Justinian’s death himself. Literally a clue: Eastern Roman Empire I know about 4 people from the Roman Republic, Roman Empire & Byzantine Empire times: Boudicca, Nero, THE Caesar & Belisarius. (Spartacus & Romulus are debatable) So I'm gonna guess Belisarius.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 24, 2018 1:40:40 GMT
Here’s an easy one: A general who died at the age of 65. He is known as Emperor Justinian’s favourite general. His famous military battle is the decisive victory at Dara which protected Constantinople from the Sassanid Persians. He also had conquered North Africa and Italy but suffered a disaster in maintaining his Italian troops when he was pulled back in Constantinople leading Justinian to force him into retirement. He died a few months before Justinian’s death himself. Literally a clue: Eastern Roman Empire I know about 4 people from the Roman Republic, Roman Empire & Byzantine Empire times: Boudicca, Nero, THE Caesar & Belisarius. (Spartacus & Romulus are debatable) So I'm gonna guess Belisarius. Correct! It’s your turn.
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 24, 2018 13:08:18 GMT
This one's a little tricky but here it goes:
During the strangest battle of WW2, this man vaulted a wall, ran a gauntlet of SS strongpoints and ambushes to deliver vital intel. He played as a sportsman for his country. He won a medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 24, 2018 13:15:42 GMT
This one's a little tricky but here it goes: During the strangest battle of WW2, this man vaulted a wall, ran a gauntlet of SS strongpoints and ambushes to deliver vital intel. He played as a sportsman for his country. He won a medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Jean Borotra. The French guy who fought during the Battle of Castle Itter, where Americans and German defectors fight against Germans. The strangest battle in WW2 indeed.
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 24, 2018 13:32:45 GMT
This one's a little tricky but here it goes: During the strangest battle of WW2, this man vaulted a wall, ran a gauntlet of SS strongpoints and ambushes to deliver vital intel. He played as a sportsman for his country. He won a medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Jean Borotra. The French guy who fought during the Battle of Castle Itter, where Americans and German defectors fight against Germans. The strangest battle in WW2 indeed. Correct. Your move now.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 24, 2018 13:42:59 GMT
20 years of uninterrupted service as prime minister after profiting from the fall of the South Sea Company, the same company that fixed its debt. He is also the one who had guaranteed positions of some officials who had been involved in the South Sea Company scam. He was locked up in the London Tower for being falsely accused by the same mastermind behind the South Sea Company Scam.
Also one big massive hint: He is the unofficial mascot of Extra History
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 24, 2018 14:00:13 GMT
20 years of uninterrupted service as prime minister after profiting from the fall of the South Sea Company, the same company that fixed its debt. He is also the one who had guaranteed positions of some officials who had been involved in the South Sea Company scam. He was locked up in the London Tower for being falsely accused by the same mastermind behind the South Sea Company Scam. Also one big massive hint: He is the unofficial mascot of Extra History Robert Walpole?
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 24, 2018 22:31:24 GMT
20 years of uninterrupted service as prime minister after profiting from the fall of the South Sea Company, the same company that fixed its debt. He is also the one who had guaranteed positions of some officials who had been involved in the South Sea Company scam. He was locked up in the London Tower for being falsely accused by the same mastermind behind the South Sea Company Scam. Also one big massive hint: He is the unofficial mascot of Extra History Robert Walpole? Yes. It was Walpole.
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 25, 2018 10:13:14 GMT
Ok, a nice easy one.
It is estimated that 0.5% of all people alive are directly descended from him.
He was played by John Wayne in a 1956 biopic.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 25, 2018 11:29:35 GMT
Ok, a nice easy one. It is estimated that 0.5% of all people alive are directly descended from him. He was played by John Wayne in a 1956 biopic. My boy Temujin aka Genghis Khan?
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 25, 2018 11:58:57 GMT
Ok, a nice easy one. It is estimated that 0.5% of all people alive are directly descended from him. He was played by John Wayne in a 1956 biopic. My boy Temujin aka Genghis Khan? Yep, that movie is one of my favourite castings ever Your turn.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 25, 2018 12:25:06 GMT
One of the few people who had great in their name and had successfully overthrown the emperor and became the ruler of a country so big that there was a peasant revolution but eventually suppressed it with the help of some concubines.
Did I mention the fact that same ruler also made a bet with death and got inoculated and ended up saving the country from Smallpox?
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Post by stoic on Aug 25, 2018 14:53:57 GMT
One of the few people who had great in their name and had successfully overthrown the emperor and became the ruler of a country so big that there was a peasant revolution but eventually suppressed it with the help of some concubines. Did I mention the fact that same ruler also made a bet with death and got inoculated and ended up saving the country from Smallpox? My guess it is Katherine the Great.
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Post by Robert Walpole on Aug 25, 2018 14:55:40 GMT
One of the few people who had great in their name and had successfully overthrown the emperor and became the ruler of a country so big that there was a peasant revolution but eventually suppressed it with the help of some concubines. Did I mention the fact that same ruler also made a bet with death and got inoculated and ended up saving the country from Smallpox? My guess it is Katherine the Great. Oof even with the gender neutrality stuff you manage to get it right. Your turn.
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Post by stoic on Aug 25, 2018 15:09:10 GMT
Ok. He was one of the most famous Romans ever lived. He saved his country and defeated a great enemy. But Plutarch who wrote biographies of 3 of his contemporaries never wrote his "Life".
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