Which historical figures do you admire the most and whom you consider to be a person worthy of modeling yourself after? personally I most look up to Mithridates VI (surprise) and Vlad Tepes.

I admire Mithridates for turning his small kingdom of Pontus, a mere strip of land on the north east coast of Anatolia, into a mighty Empire, conquering all of Anatolia, Portions of the northern coast of the black sea, and subjugating Colchis. Not only this, but Mithridates was truly the Hannibal Barca of the East. He waged three wars against Rome and posed the greatest threat to the empire since Hannibal Barca threatened the great city itself in the second Punic war. Any man who can menace the greatest power in the world is worthy of respect in my book. He was finally put down, after being failed by Greek allies and family members, by no less than Pompey the Great. Such was the inevitable fate of all who opposed Rome, though few were able to make such a stand.

In addition to his great military prowess, Mithridates was completely immune to poison by taking small dosages of poisons until he built up an Immunity. The process today is known as mithridatism. Pliny the Elder also listed him as a polyglot who was able to speak the languages of the 22 nations he ruled. Mithridates was truly a rare and remarkable man in every respect.

I'd really like to hear about what everyone else's role model is and why. There's many remarkable people throughout history and I'd love to learn more about those considered to be worthy of respect and honor. I'd also encourage everyone to research more of Mithridates VI, there's much more to him than what I covered. C: