Ok guys since you didnt find it ill reveal that its:Originally Posted by QuintusJulius-Cicero
VASILIOS B' VOULGAROKTONOS AUTOKRATWR ROMAIWN
Re: The Emperors-Greatest of them all
Ok guys since you didnt find it ill reveal that its:
VASILIOS B' VOULGAROKTONOS AUTOKRATWR ROMAIWN
Impunity is an open wound in the human soul.
ΑΙΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΙ ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ ΘΝΗΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ ΚΕΚΟΡΗΝΤΑΙ ΟΚΩΣΠΕΡ ΚΤΗΝΕΑ
The best choose one thing in exchange for all, everflowing fame among mortals; but the majority are satisfied with just feasting like beasts.
Re: The Emperors-Greatest of them all
Give the answer in English or Latin please.
Re: The Emperors-Greatest of them all
I gave the answer in the language he spoke...anyway Basil II the Bulgar Slayer...Give the answer in English or Latin please.
Impunity is an open wound in the human soul.
ΑΙΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΙ ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ ΘΝΗΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ ΚΕΚΟΡΗΝΤΑΙ ΟΚΩΣΠΕΡ ΚΤΗΝΕΑ
The best choose one thing in exchange for all, everflowing fame among mortals; but the majority are satisfied with just feasting like beasts.
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I see. So you voted for others?
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Obviously
Impunity is an open wound in the human soul.
ΑΙΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΙ ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ ΘΝΗΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ ΚΕΚΟΡΗΝΤΑΙ ΟΚΩΣΠΕΡ ΚΤΗΝΕΑ
The best choose one thing in exchange for all, everflowing fame among mortals; but the majority are satisfied with just feasting like beasts.
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Wouldn't he have wroten a "beta" with a B instead of the V of modern Greek?
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The eastern roman empire pronounced B as V....its 10th cent AD....
Impunity is an open wound in the human soul.
ΑΙΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΑΝΤΙ ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΙ ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ ΘΝΗΤΩΝ ΟΙ ΔΕ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ ΚΕΚΟΡΗΝΤΑΙ ΟΚΩΣΠΕΡ ΚΤΗΝΕΑ
The best choose one thing in exchange for all, everflowing fame among mortals; but the majority are satisfied with just feasting like beasts.
Re: The Emperors-Greatest of them all
Augustus Ceasar: He was so great, he was even played by Brian Blessed, something which no other emperor achieved.
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Why AUTOKRATWR and not AUTOKRATOR?
I know you're Greek, but I've seen spellings with a O instead of a W.
And yes, I agree with you. Voted others.
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That's very considerate of you. So if he ever visits this board, he'll know we're talking about him...
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How could I not? Basil the Second (976-1025). Well, this great Emperor caused much troubles to Bulgaria. In fact the people lying before him are the nations he conquered. I know for sure for the Bulgarians. I think there must be the Georgians, Armenians , maybe Arabs... Not sure for the rest.He looks like a Christian..............
He became Empreror when he was 18 year-old. He managed to win against the eunuch and king-maker Basil, then survived his only and last defeat by the Bulgarians (986), then the civil war which followed ( at that time he created the Varangian guards). After a long struggle with Bulgaria he conquered it after almost 50 years of war between Bulgaria nad Byzantium (967- 1018). He also conquered large parts of Armenia amd planned invasion against Sicily but he died soon before that. He never married and never have children. This was his only mistake: his brother had two daughters which later ruled but also have no children(one of them even ruled alone and unmarried as Emperor (Theodora (mid XI century)). This put the beginning of the dynastic crisis. Anyway, he was one of the greatest Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Yet, voted Augustus.
Last edited by Prince Cobra; 04-23-2008 at 17:53.
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