History quiz

[Prussian to the Iron]

Yes!!!! go Xipe

[Xipe Totec]

Danke mein herr.

Okay orgahs ... Which famous Roman became emperor at 14, tried to marry a Vestal Virgin , went on to have at least 3 wives, became a transvestite prostitute who wished to be surgically transformed into a woman , liked to be beaten by one of his slaves , and was finally killed by his guards whilst hiding in a latrine at the age of 18, when he tried to have his cousin and adopted son murdered .

[Prussian to the Iron]

jesus christ.......thats horrible!!

anyway:

Romulus Augustulus?

[Xipe Totec]

Nope. Romulus Augustulus abdicated and retired peacefully at the ripe old age of 16.

[Quintus.JC]

Danke mein herr.

Okay orgahs ... Which famous Roman became emperor at 14, tried to marry a Vestal Virgin , went on to have at least 3 wives, became a transvestite prostitute who wished to be surgically transformed into a woman , liked to be beaten by one of his slaves , and was finally killed by his guards whilst hiding in a latrine at the age of 18, when he tried to have his cousin and adopted son murdered .

The famously debauched Elagabalus, possiblely one of the worst emperor in Roman history.

[Xipe Totec]

That's the kiddie. And there certainly were quite a few exceptional candidates for that accolade. The baton is yours Quintus.JC.

[Quintus.JC]

Cheers.

The battle I'm looking for is one so decisive that it paved the way for the unification of a nation. Lasting several years and involving men power of the grandest scale in the ancient times. Famously hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the losing side were buried alive after the battle because fear of revolt. What is the battle?

[Xipe Totec]

The Battle of Julu 207 b.c. after which 200,000 Qin soldiers were buried alive on the orders of the victorious Chu rebel leader Xiang Lu?

[Xipe Totec]

Or was it the battle of Changping in 260 bc after which 400,000 Zhao soldiers were buried alive on the orders of Qin general Bai Qi?

[Quintus.JC]

Or was it the battle of Changping in 260 bc after which 400,000 Zhao soldiers were buried alive on the orders of Qin general Bai Qi?

Now come to mention it my description was a big vague, but you got it anyway. The battle of Changping it is. Your turn again mate.

The commander Zhao Kuo at Changping was prophesied for disaster as his father Zhao She warned on his death bed that his son should never be allowed to command an army. The more famous tale was that "as soon as Zhao Kuo's mother heard that he was going off to the front, she immediately went to the King and told him this tale: one day, when the late Zhao She and Zhao Kuo were talking military tactics and playing Chinese chess, she was amazed to see the son beating the more experienced father every single time. However, Zhao She was not impressed. When asked why, Zhao She said, "This boy treats a battle like a game of chess, his men like mere pawns that can be sacrificed at will. He has no idea what real warfare is like! He can never command an army." source wikipedia

[Prussian to the Iron]

yeah, i think the fact that lots of guys were buried alive alone is a bit vague.

[Xipe Totec]

Which great warrior king died of a nose bleed on the night of his wedding?

[Prussian to the Iron]

easy. Atilla the Hun!


and, wasn't it the night of one of his weddings to a princess who hated him?

[Xipe Totec]

Yes of course that's right. Ildico was found weeping next to his body the next morning. Most likely they both passed out too drunk to properly enjoy the evening. In the film she engineered their meeting and eventual marriage at the instigation of Aetius purely to murder Attila in revenge for her father's death. Absurd.

Over to you Prussian Iron!

[Prussian to the Iron]

ooooooh. you see i vaguely remembered something about a murder theory for revenge. i didnt rememeber anything else though.

hmmm.........let me think......


in 1300, this city was one of the last iberian-moorish cities still standing against the spaniards brutal reconquista, aimed at efeating and driving all muslims off the iberian peninsula.

oddly enough, it was actually attacked during the second crusade by Alfonso VII, king of Galicia, Leon, and Castille, when most of its buildings and people were slaughtered. it was then turned back over to the Almoravid empire.

what is this city, which was bombarded by Germans during the Spanish Civil War?

[Xipe Totec]

Almeria

[Prussian to the Iron]

yes! go

[Xipe Totec]

Which European country gained its independence after a short victorious war in which only 18 of its soldiers were killed?

[Prussian to the Iron]

is it still a country right now?

[Xipe Totec]

Yes

[al Roumi]

Which European country gained its independence after a short victorious war in which only 18 of its soldiers were killed?

Is it Slovenia?

Casualties
Due to the short duration and low intensity of the war, casualties were low. According to Slovenian estimates, the JNA suffered 44 fatalities and 146 wounded, while the Slovenians had 18 killed and 182 wounded. Twelve foreign nationals were killed in the conflict, principally journalists and Bulgarian truck drivers who had strayed into the line of fire. 4,692 JNA soldiers and 252 federal police officers were captured by the Slovenian side. According to post-war assessments made by the JNA, its material losses amounted to 31 tanks, 22 armoured personnel carriers, 6 helicopters, 6,787 infantry weapons, 87 artillery pieces and 124 air defence weapons damaged, destroyed or confiscated. Property damage was fairly light, due to the scattered and short-term nature of the fighting.

- Wikipedia

[Xipe Totec]

Yes that is correct. They were very fortunate to escape the horror which engulfed most of the former republics of the F.R. Jugoslavija. I was fortunate to visit Slovenia for a holiday at Lake Bled some years before the troubles started. Over to you for the next question then alh_p!

[al Roumi]

Thanks Xipe totec, I visited Slovenia a few years ago and remember hearing of their amazingly one sided independance.

The next question then is:

Which Ottoman Sultan did Timur "the Lame" (of MTW2 Timurid *fame*) defeat?

[Sarmatian]

Beyazid, at the battle of Angora 1402.

[al Roumi]

Yes! Sorry it took me till now to check back in. Your turn Sarmatian...

[Sarmatian]

I'm too lazy to think of a question now. Next poster, please...

[Prussian to the Iron]

if you give me til tonight, ill have a good one up, i promise.


i hope you guys know alot qbout the crusades...........

[Prussian to the Iron]

part 1:the battle of Harran was a less-well known battle, in which 2 different turkish factions joined together. which factions were these?

part 2: what was another name for this battle?

[Xipe Totec]

The Seljuks and Artuqids fought together at Ar-Raqqah.

[Prussian to the Iron]

yep.

just so you guys know:

i didnt get it up last night because i had to look for something in my 'Battles of the Crusades' book. it's really pretty interesting; it covers every religiously driven battle from (i belive) 1011-1400's. from the reconquista all the way through Outremer, through eastern europe and poland(teutonic campaign basically), and ending with a hungarian crusader battle in the near-east. i reccomend it.