Quote Originally Posted by Azathoth View Post
Temujin. He was good at rape.
He was pretty good at other things to. Statecraft, military strategy and tactics, diplomacy, and propaganda. Plus I bet a lot of chicks banged him willingly.

I never understood the vilification the Mongols received for their conquests, where massacres were commonplace in all these empires, and by popularly known 'heroic' figures like Alexander and Caesar. I guess you could make a case that the Mongols were more brutal than their contemporaries, but let that be tempered with the fact that accounts of massacres are likely exaggerated on both sides, the Mongols for their psychological warfare and propaganda machine, and the losers to vilify their conquerors.