So, here's the new pic:
Hint: An important part of his life has been mentioned recently in "Name that battle" thread.
Who is he?
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So, here's the new pic:
Hint: An important part of his life has been mentioned recently in "Name that battle" thread.
Who is he?
大信皇帝
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Oh damn I want to explode!
I know who this is but I want to give others a chance!
"Famous general without peer in any age, most superior in valor and inspired by the Way of Heaven; since the provinces are now subject to your will it is certain that you will increasingly mount in victory." - Ōgimachi-tennō
Protector Domesticus
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I dont know eh.... Eugene of Savoy?
Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.
-Plutarch, life of Demetrius.
Arche Aiakidae-Epeiros EB2 AAR
Royal Satrap
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Ahhh I know him, I have seen him many times before, but my brain can't put a name to the face right now
"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
Senator
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Yeah Wulfburk I think you're right.
the dream will never die
Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, 'the kingdom of Scotland is not held in tribute or homage to anyone save God alone.' - 1290.
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He isn't.
The person actually had fought battles against Austria.
Senator
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Ahh Jean Victor Marie Moreau?
the dream will never die
Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, 'the kingdom of Scotland is not held in tribute or homage to anyone save God alone.' - 1290.
Royal Satrap
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Jean- Baptistes Bessičres, Marshal of France! And I guess you meant that his participation in the Peninsular War was what was mentioned in the other thread
"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
Senator
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Ahh, now I'm certain Mausolos is right!
the dream will never die
Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, 'the kingdom of Scotland is not held in tribute or homage to anyone save God alone.' - 1290.
Royal Satrap
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Jean- Baptistes Bessičres, Marshal of France! And I guess you meant that his participation in the Peninsular War was what was mentioned in the other thread
"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
Royal Satrap
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Thanks server...
Last edited by Mausolos of Caria; May 05, 2013 at 06:47 PM.
"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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Mausolos is right, concerning both the historical figure and the hint. The french general in the battle of Medina Del Rio Seco was actually Bessieres!
+1
Royal Satrap
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Trés bien!Here's the next one:
"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
Decanus
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, 18th century Prussian cavalry general
Royal Satrap
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Wow that was fast, +rep!
"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
Decanus
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haha thanks! next picture -
Domesticus
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Philip the Good of Burgundy
Decanus
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Correct!Originally Posted by Grymloq
Domesticus
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I am afraid you should change the picture, because clicking on it reveals his name:
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