Historical Quiz thread

[Ó Cathasaigh]

It's true, and funny. MUHAHAHA! damn you boyscouts of BRITANIA!

 

[Mad monkey]

Originally posted by eldaran@Mar 23 2005, 06:13 PM

The Boy Scouts (Operation Sealion being the proposed invasion of mainland Britain).

WHAT!??!?! Hunting innocent, helpless, little boy scouts is the biggest display of bs I've ever seen! That dirty bastard...
No I'm not an idiot I know they aren't really kids I'm just joking LOL.

 

[Ó Cathasaigh]

perhaps they could have used their novelty woodsman knives to fend off the SS!!!

the more i think about it, the funnier it gets!

 

[Justinian]

You know, the Boy Scouts of Lichtenstein defended their country in WWII? And the German soldiers said basically "Screw it, we're not going to shoot a bunch of boys for a few miles of land". At least, I think that happened. :whistle

 

[Zuwxiv]

And just when the U boat was about to torpedo the ships at anchor, and just as the stuka was about to release its bombs, and just as the panzer was about to shoot....

The boyscout tied a knot.

:blink

 

[Justinian]

Like they'd need U boats, stukas or panzers to take Lichtenstein ... :rolleyes

 

[Ó Cathasaigh]

more like a squad of Ukranian Prison Camp gaurds.

 

[Dithyrambos]

Originally posted by Justinian@Mar 23 2005, 09:45 PM
Like they'd need U boats, stukas or panzers to take Lichtenstein ... :rolleyes

Like you need a company to take Lichenstein... :whistle

 

[Justinian]

They could have probably just bought Lichtenstein if they wanted to.

 

[Maximus I]

Romanian

 

[Attila The Hun]

Originally posted by Hades@Mar 6 2005, 12:01 AM
Senones...i believe...not 100% sure though

nope i thoug this will be easy....

 

[turcopolier]

Not Senones..? :huh

"One such tribe, the Senones, was under the command of a Brennus, who led his Celts to the Etruscan city of Clusium about 100 miles north of Rome. It is important to note that much of the ancient source material, such as Livy, Polybius and Diodorus Siculus, is steeped in legend or, especially on the part of Livy, biased though nationalism. Whether Clusium was the target, or it simply stood in the path on the way to the more powerful city of Rome, is unclear. It is clear, however, that the Celts did approach and lay siege to Clusium and that the Etruscans there likely set aside any differences and called to Rome for help.

In response, according to the ancients, the Romans sent a delegation of 3 envoys to treat with Brennus. Siculus claims that the 3 were really spies sent to assess the strength of the Celts, but it is apparent that whatever the reason for the meeting, it escalated into violence. After exchanged insults, the Roman envoys were involved in a skirmish with the Gauls, in which one Celtic chief tan was killed. The commissioners returned to Rome without relief for Clusium and with an angry Gallic army behind them. Brennus sent his own representatives to Rome to demand the 3 men be turned over to him, but was predictably refused. Later that year, 390 BC, the angered Gauls left Clusium behind and headed for Rome to seek revenge."

http://www.unrv.com/empire/gallic-sack-of-rome.php

Are you sure that it´s not them?

 

[turcopolier]

Ok... this post has been quiet for far too long, so I´m entering an easy question! What was the name of Ceasar's favorite legion? Name and number!

 

[Attila The Hun]

Originally posted by turcopolier@Apr 4 2005, 06:36 AM
Not Senones..? :huh

"One such tribe, the Senones, was under the command of a Brennus, who led his Celts to the Etruscan city of Clusium about 100 miles north of Rome. It is important to note that much of the ancient source material, such as Livy, Polybius and Diodorus Siculus, is steeped in legend or, especially on the part of Livy, biased though nationalism. Whether Clusium was the target, or it simply stood in the path on the way to the more powerful city of Rome, is unclear. It is clear, however, that the Celts did approach and lay siege to Clusium and that the Etruscans there likely set aside any differences and called to Rome for help.

In response, according to the ancients, the Romans sent a delegation of 3 envoys to treat with Brennus. Siculus claims that the 3 were really spies sent to assess the strength of the Celts, but it is apparent that whatever the reason for the meeting, it escalated into violence. After exchanged insults, the Roman envoys were involved in a skirmish with the Gauls, in which one Celtic chief tan was killed. The commissioners returned to Rome without relief for Clusium and with an angry Gallic army behind them. Brennus sent his own representatives to Rome to demand the 3 men be turned over to him, but was predictably refused. Later that year, 390 BC, the angered Gauls left Clusium behind and headed for Rome to seek revenge."

http://www.unrv.com/empire/gallic-sack-of-rome.php

Are you sure that it´s not them?

it was the guals..... *tongue*

 

[Attila The Hun]

I Hate Essays but here It Goes (Always get bad grades duno why :sick ) I Read once that is was the Legio X so here is my info...


One of the most famous of these new legions was the legio X that is often mentioned in the DE BELLO GALLICO written by Julius Caesar. This particular unit was clearly Caesar's favourite legion and some of its exploits are described in great detail. When Caesar was to meet the German king Ariovistus he ordered his cavalry troopers to dismount and the legio X served as a mounted bodyguard. As a result of this experience the legion took the cognomen or nickname Equestris, meaning 'knightly'. It also participated in the invasion of BRITTANNIA in 54-55 BC. The troops embarked on their transports were reluctant to start the amphibious assault on the beaches crawling with savage British warriors. The aquilifer of the legio X however jumped overboard to face the enemy alone. Alarmed by the prospect of losing the legion's eagle to their foes the shamed legionaries quickly followed their standardbearer.
During the civil wars of Caesar the legion fought as hard against their fellow Romans as it had against the Gauls. Its soldiers distinguished themselves at the battles of Pharsalus, Uzittae and Munda. After the death of Caesar, the legio X Equestris was part of the army of Octavianus, the future emperor Augustus. After rebelling against his authority, the legion was disbanded. However after some time the need for its experienced soldiers led to its reconstitution. Following the end of the civil wars the depleted ranks of the legion were brought up to strength by men from other formations. For this reason the legion became known as the legio X Gemina, the tenth 'twin' legion. The old title of Equestris was soon dropped in favour of this new name.
The legio X Gemina lived a relatively quiet existence in garrison in the provinces of Spain and Pannonia untill civil war broke out in AD 69. Though playing no major role in the battles deciding this conflict, the legion was afterwards sent with seven other formations to crush the Batavian revolt led by Julius Civilis. During the fierce fighting in the following years the legio X Gemina lost on one occasion five senior centurions and many of its soldiers in a single engagement. After the revolt had been quelled the legion was in AD 71 moved to the base built by legio II Adiutrix at Batavodurum, the present day Dutch city of Nijmegen. As part of the exercitus Germanicus inferior the legio X Gemina played an important part in the suppression of the revolt by the governor of Germania superior. A grateful emperor Domitianus then bestowed the additional titles of pia fidelis Domitiana, 'loyal, dutiful, Domitian's own', on the unit.
The legio X Gemina was redeployed for service in the Dacian Wars of the emperor Traianus and left the base at Nijmegen around AD 104. From then on its garrison remained in the province of Pannonia, though detachments were at times deployed to other parts of the empire. The further history of the legion was not very remarkable. Failure to support Septimius Severus's bid for power however led to the legio X Gemina being omitted on series of coins minted to honour the army. The legion continued to exist into at least the fifth century AD being mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum as one of the border legions on the Danube as well as a crack infantry unit in the Syrian field army.

 

[Ó Cathasaigh]

What famous American Civil War Battle took place on September 17 (my birthday!)...sorry, your gonna have to guess the year too!

 

[Crandar]

Antietam in 1862; the bloodiest single day battle in American History

 

[Zuwxiv]

I'll just do an easy one.

What was the King of Sparta who fought bravely with many Greeks at "the gates of hell" (the battle of Thermopylae)?

And a bonus point to whoever can name the Persian leader.

 

[Taron Quintus]

King Leonidas

vs.

King of Kings Xerxes

Name the contenders to the Roman throne/purple in A.D. 69. the "Year of the ? Emperors"

 

[Crandar]

At least maks some attempt to make these a non shortterm memory challenge
Leonidis = Sparta
Xerxes (aka Jerkses of Civ3 fame) = Persia

 

[Marcus Trajan]

57. What is this?

 

[OTZ]

gun motor carriage - essentially an M3 equipped with a 75.

 

[Sextus]

Ok the half track job is an M3 GMC 75mm.

The romans after title of emperors where Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian!

 

[Epistolary Richard]

So here's a more obscure one:

In the Year of the Four Emperors, Vespasian didn't capture Rome himself - name the general whose name begins with an 'M' who captured Rome in Vespasian's name?

 

[Sextus]

Gaius Licinius Mucianus? I thought it was the joint force of Primus and Fuscus?

 

[Epistolary Richard]

Mucianus was who I was going for... if it wasn't him perhaps my old classics teacher has some explaining to do :grin

Here's one that less disputable: which famous classical figure was nicknamed the 'Queen of Bithynia'?

 

[Sidus Preclarum]

Gaius Julius Caesar

 

[Marcus Trajan]

Both OTZ and Sextus got it.

58. Who is this guy?

 

[Epistolary Richard]

Very good. I thought that was pretty obscure. :wink

In Suetonius' biography of Tiberius, he says that when Tiberius went bathing during his time on Capri he was often accompanied by a group of boys who swam with him. What did Suetonius say that Tiberius called these boys?

 

[Marcus Trajan]

Originally posted by Epistolary Richard@Apr 14 2005, 12:41 PM
Very good. I thought that was pretty obscure. :wink

In Suetonius' biography of Tiberius, he says that when Tiberius went bathing during his time on Capri he was often accompanied by a group of boys who swam with him. What did Suetonius say that Tiberius called these boys?

Spintriae. His biography of Tiberius is highly doubtable though.