History quiz

[_Tristan_]

Right... your call, Ichigo

[Csargo]

Someone else can have my question since I've got nothing.

[_Tristan_]

OK, since I was the last to ask... here's another :

I am an item that was a cause of great insult to a King. But Kings are vengeful and sometime later the "insultor" got what he deserved, getting the same fate as the item he used to insult the King.

What is this item ? Who was the King ? Where did this take place ?

[aimlesswanderer]

Someone threw their shoes at the king during a press conference? And he probably got thrown off the tallest tower of the castle later.

[_Tristan_]

I know who you are speaking of but it's a wee-bit more ancient...

[Ariovistus Maximus]

He probably had to eat the shoes, then, if he's the guy.

[Snite]

Honestly, I find this way too vauge. Perhaps clues to geographical location and/or time period?

[_Tristan_]

Need some hints ?

I will say it is one of the founding legend of France.

[Prussian to the Iron]

......no clue. not really any definiing details; thats kinda like saying "I was a great conqueror and ruler" for Julius Caesar; applicable, but vague as hell.

[_Tristan_]

One more precise clue : The King was the first Christian Frank King...

[Prussian to the Iron]

charlemagne?

[_Tristan_]

nope

[Conradus]

The first Christian Frankish king would be Clovis.

And I remember a legend wherein some warlord cut off a priests head (or was it hand) and showed it to Clovis. He obviously wasn't amused and later cut off that warlords head/hand.

Edit: I remember the whole story now: one of Clovis soldiers broke a vase of some priest, Clovis didn't say anything about it but later at some army inspection he smashed that soldiers head. Didn't it take place in Soisson or something like that?

[Tristuskhan]

The King was Clovis, the item a vase and all that took place in Soissons. You're right Conradus (once more)

[_Tristan_]

Yes, Conradus has it right... Your call...

[Conradus]

I'm am the son of a god, yet they all call me a dog.
My rage was known and feared throughout the land even though a woman learned me how to fight.
I fought the enemies of my country alone, whilst all my fellow warriors were sleeping.

Who was I?

[Prussian to the Iron]

that isnt history...if its the son of a god, then wouldnt it be mythology?

[Conradus]

that isnt history...if its the son of a god, then wouldnt it be mythology?

That's true but we asked mythological questions before in this quiz if I'm not mistaken and if you've ever played Rome, this one shouldn't be too hard. But if none guessed it by tonight I'll ask a purely historic question, all right?

[Prussian to the Iron]

sonuds good.

couldnt be Hercules could it?

Perseus?

[Conradus]

sonuds good.

couldnt be Hercules could it?

Perseus?

No. But since it's evening, I'll give the answer and ask another historical question.

The man I was looking for was Cuchulain. He's one of the major figures of ancient Irish/Celtish mythology, said to be the son of Lugh, a sun-god of sorts he got his name Cuchulain, which means watchdog of Culain, because he killed said dog and offered to take his place. He went to a warrior school in Scotland that was lead by a woman with whom he also got a son. Later he fought the armies of all Irish kingdoms except Ulster, because the men of Ulster were bedridden with a curse. Everyday he killed the best Irish soldiers at rivercrossings.
One of my favourite legends.
In Rome Total War: BI, the Irish have a berserker unit called: Hounds of Culan.

Ok, another who am I:
Although I was at one time one of the most powerful men of my country and age, few will remember me, yet they will know my fellow rulers. I was the aide to a great man, and the colleague of an even more divine man.
I was a cavalery commander who rose to great heights, yet was later stripped from all my offices safe my priestship. It was my younger colleague who did the stripping.

[Prussian to the Iron]

oh....I'm not thinkin that most people would know anything about irish mythology aside from those things that scream really loud.

[Conradus]

Just most people don't know that much abou 18th century types of guns and their inventors :p but this is a history quiz after all, so it has to be something of a challenge.

[Prussian to the Iron]

the real history question you posted is challenging enough; best not to stray from the wide genre of history.

history can include things other than war too; like machinery, revolutions ni technology, etc.

[Megas Methuselah]

Who led a band of fierce patriots that slaughtered a handful of Canadians in a small church in 1885?

[Decker]

Wandering Spirit led a group of young Cree warriors that committed the massacre.

[Conradus]

No one to answer my last question?

Although I was at one time one of the most powerful men of my country and age, few will remember me, yet they will know my fellow rulers. I was the aide to a great man, and the colleague of an even more divine man.
I was a cavalery commander who rose to great heights, yet was later stripped from all my offices safe my priestship. It was my younger colleague who did the stripping.

[_Tristan_]

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ?

[Conradus]

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ?

No, but you're close though.

[_Tristan_]

Crassus

[Conradus]

Crassus

Crassus is the less known of the first Triumviri, i'm looking for the less know member of the second Triumviri. ;)