Masinissa, King of Numidia. ~:)
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Masinissa, King of Numidia. ~:)
Simple. :grin:
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Easy one, because I couldn't find a harder one.
31st of May, 1223. What happened, who were the leaders, and what was the relation of the general of the victors in contrast with the emperor of the victors?
~:)
Battle of the Kalka river, between the Mongol armies under Subotai (I think that's his name, might be different spellings) against the Kievan Rus and the Cumans, directed by Mstislav the Bold.
Subotai was one of Genghis Khan's Dogs of War. He was also his primary strategist and Lieutenant.
CorrecT!
Good work Warmaster. :bow:
Your turn.
Thank you.
390 BC: What's the famous quote from that year? Who said it, and why?
Vae Victis - "woe to the conquered" or sometimes "the vanquished"
Attributed (by Livy IIRC) to Brennos, chief of the Sennonian Gauls who after routing the Romans at the Battle of the Allia sacked the city and besieged the fortress on the capital. For various possible reasons he decided to withdraw after a time if the Romans would pay him off. They agreed, but when their gold was weighed out they objected that the scales were not balanced, Brennus replied by tossing his sword onto the pile and uttering his famous line.
I have also heard a version (can't rememeber the source) where Marcus Furius Camillus burts in at that very moment with some pithy reply and drives the Gauls away. But that might be a little serendipitous.
Antagonist
Exactly! Your turn Antagonist.
Note: the saying can also be: Vae Victus, and the gallic chief Brennus. For the difference of one letter, though...
Brennus is most likely only the latin version of Brennos, though I doubt that was his real name. Doesn't 'brenn' mean 'leader' in celtic?
Anyhow, unless I rememeberd nothing from latin courses, vae victus is just wrong, it shouldn't be nominative.
I think bren was king or something like that in celtic -or at least from what EB says.
Now that I think of it, Vae Victus is wrong. Sorry, my mistake :oops:
The mistake comes from Rome Total War, one of the quotes is "Vae Victus".
I recall Brennus translated as "Duke" for some reason. Support for it being a title would be that the leader of the Gallic invasion of Greece a century later is also Brennos. Vercingetorix is a similar thing IIRC, means "Supreme Commander of the Infantry" or something to that effect.
I have a nice hopefully non-military question, I need to double-check my sources but I'm going out soon so it may have to wait a few hours, sorry.
Antagonist
Turns out the question I had in mind wasn't really valid. *sigh* I'd liked to have come up with another more interesting, preferably non-military one, but it'll be busy tomorrow and I need to think about these things, so I'll have to throw something out of the top of my head instead:
This somewhat over-simplified description refers to which pre-20th Century battle?Quote:
"A Briton commanding a French army defeats a Frenchman commanding a British army."
Antagonist
At least tell us what time period it is... ~:confused:
France and Britain didn't really exist until the middle-ages, so that limits it a bit. I'm thinking a Crusade battle, but I'm probably wrong.Quote:
pre-20th Century battle
Unless it's to do with the American revolution... LaFayette was a Frenchman who helped the americans gain their revolution.
I was thinking along the lines of a Hunderd Year War-battle (with french being Burgundian) or a colonial battle for India or Africa( though I doubt the latter)
Okay, some hints:
1) Post-HYW, pre Napoleonic.
2) Not colonial, involved regular armies of the countries involved (ie not sub-states or rebels, the actual nations) although the rhyme simplifies the composition of the armies somewhat.
3) A significant, large-scale engagement, thousands of casualties on both sides.
Antagonist
Gah, I still have no idea... My guess is it's during either the Italian Wars or the Thirty Years' War though, where generals and armies of several nationalities came and went a lot.
Hmm... Is this to do with Conde? Spanish succession?
That would be on the right track. Another hint: It's anniversary was very recent, and it came within days of a much more important anniversary in British history.Quote:
Hmm... Is this to do with Conde? Spanish succession?
Antagonist
Hm... (Checks a book)
Is it the battle of Almasa? (or something like that)
The British commander was the son of a French and the French commander was an illegitimate son of King James II.
Edit: And it happened on 25th of April
Let me try:
Battle of Almansa, which occured in April 25, 1707
Between the combined British-Portuguese-Dutch forces, led by a French commander Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of Galway, versus the French-Spanish coalition led by James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick who was an illegitimate son of King James II of England.
EDIT: shlin28 beat me by 4 minutes to it!
Correct! Well done to both of you, although since I only asked for the name, shlin28 wins by 4 minutes.
The quotation is simplified because it featured in fact at least 5 different nations (France and Spain one side and England, Portugal and the United Provinces/Netherlands on the other) whose armies contained detachments from still more (such as part of the Irish Brigade in the former side, and Germans and French Huguenots in the latter.) The significant date I referred to was that 6 days later, exactly 3 centuries ago, the Act of Union combined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Trivia: The Duke of Berwick was the illegitimate son of James II by Arabella Churchill, whose brother John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was the most celebrated English commander of the war: Berwick was his nephew. I don't think they ever fought in the same battle though, that would have been interesting.
Anyway, your turn shlin28! :book:
Antagonist
Here's my question,
Under which leader did the Goths invade Italy in 405/6, whose survivors became part of a much more famous Gothic group.
I know they sacked Rome under Alaric, but that was in 410 or something
Some surivors of the group i was talking about did join Alaric.
Hmm, second attempt? I was fooled by the Goths in your question, forget to overlook the other people invading at that time.
Radagaisus?
Correct!
This must be a record, answered in 2 hours.
Nah, just bad luck I was online :2thumbsup:
Hmm, I can't think of anything better at the moment:
Who is always referred to as ' the shepherd of the army' or ' the mighty Atreide'?
Atreide? Are you talking about Dune?
Duke Leto Atreides IQuote:
Originally Posted by Conradus