Name that historical figure!

[Scharfrichter]

correct +rep

altough he was the exact opposite, "defense in depth"

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

[Scharfrichter]

Keepin the soviet alive!
michail frunse

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

They actually named a city in Central Asia after the guy.

Your turn

[Spear Dog]

[Spear Dog]

something easy to get things moving again.

[Engie]

Justinian I

[Spear Dog]

No, that would be too easy.

[Mary The Quene]

Isn't that a modified portrait of Theodoric? I swear i've seen it somewhere

[Engie]

No, that would be too easy.

It is a mosaic of the older Justinian I, it's in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinaire Nuevo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justini...33.E2.80.93534

Isn't that a modified portrait of Theodoric? I swear i've seen it somewhere

It is possibly a modified portrait of Theodoric the Great, but the person being portrayed is definitely Justinian I.

[Spear Dog]

hmm, controversy! To be honest I'm not sure where to go on this one. It was my understanding that current thought supported the view that this is a portrait of Theodoric, altered and labelled Justinian as an adjunct to the defacing of the Arian murals in the Basillica, but @Engie's challenge to that sent me looking for links to support my position and I struggled to find creditable sources, with most sort of sitting on the fence with statements like "thought to be" or "once thought to be".

My understanding when I posted the image was this:

This mosaic in Ravenna, when discovered under plaster, was erroneously identified as being a portrait of Justinian, and currently (after restoration) carries a caption above it identifying him as Justinian. But the church was Theodoric's palace church; the mosaic bears no resemblance to other mosaics of Justinian (see another Ravenna mosaic on his Geni profile; and it umistakeably resembles the very fine gold medallion issued by Theodoric. There can be no doubt that this is Theodoric.

http://www.geni.com/people/Theodoric...00000495138391

I posted the image after watching the art critic Waldemar Januszczak's TV doco THE DARK AGES: AGE OF LIGHT; episode 2 What The Barbarians Did For Us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmFST3qSAE I took Januszczak's declaration of the portrait as a general acknowledgement of the Theodoric thesis. On second thought he may have been merely declaring his position in an on-going controversy.

For all that, the answer I was after was Theodoric and since the story here is that the labelling of this mosaic portrait is in contention, the rep goes to Helius.

Helius up next.

[Engie]

hmm, controversy! To be honest I'm not sure where to go on this one. It was my understanding that current thought supported the view that this is a portrait of Theodoric, altered and labelled Justinian as an adjunct to the defacing of the Arian murals in the Basillica, but @Engie's challenge to that sent me looking for links to support my position and I struggled to find creditable sources, with most sort of sitting on the fence with statements like "thought to be" or "once thought to be".

My understanding when I posted the image was this:
http://www.geni.com/people/Theodoric...00000495138391

I posted the image after watching the art critic Waldemar Januszczak's TV doco THE DARK AGES: AGE OF LIGHT; episode 2 What The Barbarians Did For Us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmFST3qSAE I took Januszczak's declaration of the portrait as a general acknowledgement of the Theodoric thesis. On second thought he may have been merely declaring his position in an on-going controversy.

For all that, the answer I was after was Theodoric and since the story here is that the labelling of this mosaic portrait is in contention, the rep goes to Helius.

Helius up next.

That one was more complicated than it appeared!

[Mary The Quene]

[Grymloq]

Julian the Apostate

[Mary The Quene]

Yes he is! He was the last Polytheistic emperor of Rome and wanted to bring rome back to its ancient values. It's a big shame he only reigned for two years, if he had reigned longer i think he could have revived the hellenistic and roman religions! He was also a noted philosopher and historian!

[Grymloq]

[GarretJax]

Walter of Winterburn?

[Grymloq]

Yep correct

[GarretJax]

[Lord Oda Nobunaga]

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa