[Roy Mars III]

part of the revive general interest movement, who is your favourite history figure? It doens't have to be someone who you look up to or anything like that, just someone you find interesting.

For me it's two big ones.

Napoleon



and

Hannibal from Carthage

These are the two who probably interest me the most, and the ones I have read the most about.

[Niamh.]

Michael Collins, did great things for Ireland (eventhough he lost the 6 counties) and he's a Cork man

[SirCiaran]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Michael Collins, did great things for Ireland (eventhough he lost the 6 counties) and he's a Cork man

you should look into your history a bit more, he didn't lose the 6 counties. There was nothing he could do when he went over to London plus there were 5 other men with him. De Valera was too chicken to go with him and the only reason he sent Collins because he knew partition wouldn't end in Northern Ireland meaning Collins would get the blame. He didn't lose them, they were already lost after the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Collins was a hero, even thought his aims were never achieved, he only did us good.

[Kizzy]

emmeline pankhurst

[joeysteele]

Mary Queen of Scots.

[MTVN]

Wellington > Napoleon

[Roy Mars III]

don't be silly

the original ganster

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

don't be silly

the original ganster

looks like queen elizabeth

[Shaun]

Caligula seemed delightfully crazy.

I'm generally fascinated by the Roman empire... Antony and Cleopatra's fault.

[Scarlett.]

Charles Darwin

[Brother Leon]

[Lee.]

Cleopatra

[Angus]

A toss up for me between Elizabeth I and Mother Theresa, two inspirational, gutsy women.

[Joelle.]

Pope Alexander IV/Rodrigo Borgia - The Most Corrupt Pope



The only picture I could find that wasn't Jeremy Irons or Assassins Creed

[Roy Mars III]

^^

definitely in my top ten.

[SharkAttack]

Winston Churchill.

[King Gizzard]

Not a particular figure but the Viking era is my favourite

[Jack_]

Karl Marx

[Ramsay]

Aul Dev

[MTVN]

Diogenes of Sinope was pretty cool as well

Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. He begged for a living and slept in a tub in the marketplace. He became notorious for his philosophical stunts such as carrying a lamp in the daytime, claiming to be looking for an honest man. He publicly mocked Alexander and lived. He embarrassed Plato, disputed his interpretation of Socrates and sabotaged his lectures.

He scorned not only family and political social organization, but also property rights and reputation. He even rejected normal ideas about human decency. Diogenes is said to have eaten in the marketplace,[41] urinated on some people who insulted him,[42] defecated in the theatre,[43] masturbated in public, and pointed at people with his middle finger.[44]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Karl Marx

Controversial

[Roy Mars III]

Another great one

Alexander the Great

[King Gizzard]

Medieval history is the best

[Roy Mars III]

agreed, it is what i am studying in university

[Roy Mars III]

erm Engels > Marx tbh

Marx was too hypocritical

[MTVN]

Engels was the man with the money, they were both bloody arrogant really