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    King Eric IX of Sweden

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    King Eric IX of Sweden
    Yes it´s: Erik Jedvardsson den Helige

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    damn... i was to late!!!

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    This one may be a tad bit easy, but I'll throw it up anyway.


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    Konstantin Rokossovsky?

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    Your right Money!

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    Indeed. you're turn money

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    I don't have anyone, anybody can go.

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    Let's revive this thread!

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    "Pompeius, after having finished the war against Mithridates, when he went to call at the house of Poseidonios, the famous teacher of philosophy, forbade the lictor to knock at the door, as was the usual custom, and he, to whom both the eastern and the western world had yielded submission, ordered the fasces to be lowered before the door of science."

    Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7, 112

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    Simon Bolivar?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NobleWoman View Post
    Simon Bolivar?
    Haha true, he looks a bit similar, but no
    "Pompeius, after having finished the war against Mithridates, when he went to call at the house of Poseidonios, the famous teacher of philosophy, forbade the lictor to knock at the door, as was the usual custom, and he, to whom both the eastern and the western world had yielded submission, ordered the fasces to be lowered before the door of science."

    Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7, 112

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    I have seen that picture before.....
    Did a bit searching and i finally figure the name out....



    Jean Rapp

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    Trés bien! It is indeed Napoleon's general Jean Rapp, who became famous because of the memories he wrote down after the wars. They are one of the most important sources for the French side in campaigns like Napoleon's march into and back from Russia. You go next!
    "Pompeius, after having finished the war against Mithridates, when he went to call at the house of Poseidonios, the famous teacher of philosophy, forbade the lictor to knock at the door, as was the usual custom, and he, to whom both the eastern and the western world had yielded submission, ordered the fasces to be lowered before the door of science."

    Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7, 112

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    Great.....
    Here:

    I see what you did there Mausolos. lol
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    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
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    Correct!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrus Da Great View Post
    Great.....
    Here:

    I see what you did there Mausolos. lol
    What did I do where?
    "Pompeius, after having finished the war against Mithridates, when he went to call at the house of Poseidonios, the famous teacher of philosophy, forbade the lictor to knock at the door, as was the usual custom, and he, to whom both the eastern and the western world had yielded submission, ordered the fasces to be lowered before the door of science."

    Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7, 112

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mausolos of Caria View Post
    What did I do where?
    It just happened that you had the answer to the image i posted in your signature! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrus Da Great View Post
    It just happened that you had the answer to the image i posted in your signature! lol
    Oh, right! It might have been helpful for Ciprian indeed. So he goes next!
    "Pompeius, after having finished the war against Mithridates, when he went to call at the house of Poseidonios, the famous teacher of philosophy, forbade the lictor to knock at the door, as was the usual custom, and he, to whom both the eastern and the western world had yielded submission, ordered the fasces to be lowered before the door of science."

    Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7, 112

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    I trust I make myself obscure.
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