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Agelastus

#945
October 13, 2009, 11:54:22 AM
Quote from: Drakken on October 13, 2009, 11:40:32 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 13, 2009, 11:37:42 AM
Open, by the looks of it.

On the eve of the battle of Cannae, one of Hannibal's junior officers expressed amazement at the size of the Roman Army facing the Carthaginians. How did Hannibal reply, according to legend?

I was asking because I had a question to ask.  :mad:

Then you should have just asked it... :P







OK, OK, I'll be good..

The answer to my question was (roughly) "And yet, even more amazing, is that among all those vast numbers there is not one man named Gisco." (Gisco being the junior officer in question.)

Ask away, Drakken...
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Viking

#946
October 13, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 13, 2009, 11:54:22 AM

Ask away, Drakken...

Victoria Bernadotte!!


isn't that the answer?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Drakken

#947
October 13, 2009, 12:10:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on October 13, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 13, 2009, 11:54:22 AM

Ask away, Drakken...

Victoria Bernadotte!!


isn't that the answer?

No.  :P

Allright, I'll throw my question. It's probably an easy one.  :P

During the siege of Arai Castle in 1516, while the castle was stormed by the Hôjô assiegants, one of the defending commanders, Miura Yoshimoto, died but became legendary nonetheless due to one surhuman feat.

What was that feat?

The Brain

#948
October 13, 2009, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: Drakken on October 13, 2009, 12:10:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on October 13, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 13, 2009, 11:54:22 AM

Ask away, Drakken...

Victoria Bernadotte!!


isn't that the answer?

No.  :P

Allright, I'll throw my question. It's probably an easy one.  :P

During the siege of Arai Castle in 1516, while the castle was stormed by the Hôjô assiegants, retainer Miura Yoshimoto died, but he entered legend nonetheless for one surhuman feat.

What was that feat?

He decapitated himself.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Drakken

#949
October 13, 2009, 12:11:47 PM
Quote from: The Brain on October 13, 2009, 12:10:59 PM
Quote from: Drakken on October 13, 2009, 12:10:14 PM
Quote from: Viking on October 13, 2009, 11:55:51 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 13, 2009, 11:54:22 AM

Ask away, Drakken...

Victoria Bernadotte!!


isn't that the answer?

No.  :P

Allright, I'll throw my question. It's probably an easy one.  :P

During the siege of Arai Castle in 1516, while the castle was stormed by the Hôjô assiegants, retainer Miura Yoshimoto died, but he entered legend nonetheless for one surhuman feat.

What was that feat?

He decapitated himself.

Bingo. You have the floor.

The Brain

#950
October 13, 2009, 12:16:40 PM
My mind is blank. Open floor.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Alexandru H.

#951
October 13, 2009, 02:38:16 PM
Who was the greatest pharaoh and conqueror among the Egyptian rulers, according to Diodorus Siculus?

Edit: I don't like questions that ask for names, but this one is easy.

Viking

#952
October 13, 2009, 02:39:13 PM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on October 13, 2009, 02:38:16 PM
Who was the greatest pharaoh and conqueror among the Egyptian rulers, according to Diodorus Siculus?

Edit: I don't like questions that ask for names, but this one is easy.

Tutmosis II?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alexandru H.

#953
October 13, 2009, 02:42:06 PM
No.

First hint: is not an obscure guy.
Second hint (for the history-impaired): is not Tutankamon.  :P

Viking

#954
October 13, 2009, 02:42:56 PM
Ramses II The Great
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

The Brain

#955
October 13, 2009, 02:43:54 PM
Tutmosis Jones.
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Alexandru H.

#956
October 13, 2009, 02:46:09 PM
No.

He is mentioned as conquering all lands near the Pontus Euxinus, including Thrace, Syria, Crimeea...

The Brain

#957
October 13, 2009, 02:47:33 PM
I read this fairly recently but I'll be damned if I remember which guy it was.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Alexandru H.

#958
October 13, 2009, 02:48:56 PM
Quote from: The Brain on October 13, 2009, 02:47:33 PM
I read this fairly recently but I'll be damned if I remember which guy it was.

If it helps you, Diodorus copied everything about the guy from Herodotus who had heard the story from an Egyptian priest and embelished it in the same way as the Semiramis story...

The Brain

#959
October 13, 2009, 02:51:09 PM
Not really, but thanks.
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