History

[Tommy Chong]

Entire country adores you, thousands of young soldiers sees you as walking Godlike figure and are willing to charge into their deaths for you.
Imagine what something like that does to your ego

He was simply addicted to war, after his first defeat in 1814 and exile to tiny island of Elba he still decided to return and try again despite all the Great Powers and rest of Europe standing united against him and France itself being totally exhausted after almost 25 years of endless war

Interesting fact, main Allied countries (Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia) didn't declared war to France in 1815, they proclaimed Napoleon outlaw and declared war directly to him.

I'd imagine he was like a 1800's French version of Elon Musk.

 

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Wedding announcement between Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria, that sealed alliance between two old enemies Bourbons and Habsburgs (and later lead to French Revolution)

 

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Wedding announcement between Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria, that sealed alliance between two old enemies Bourbons and Habsburgs (and later lead to French Revolution)

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Did they eat (wedding) cake

 

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National mottos or European countries in 1914

 

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National mottos or European countries in 1914

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Switzerland still have the same national anthem to amazing

 

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Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii

Cramped bakery with barred windows believed to be where enslaved people were forced to work

www.theguardian.com

 

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Captain von Trapp (of Sound of Music fame) in officer uniform of Austro-Hungarian navy during WW1 (U-boat commander)

 

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Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii

Cramped bakery with barred windows believed to be where enslaved people were forced to work

www.theguardian.com

An early Greggs ?

 

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Napoleon battles around Europe (under his personal command)


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If anyone has a spare hundred hours or so to listen to a podcast, I can highly recommend The Age of Napoleon.

 

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Very cool.

Greece revives 2,300 year-old palace where Alexander The Great was crowned

An ancient palace where Alexander The Great was crowned King of Macedonia will reopen to the public on Sunday after a 16-year 20 million euro renovation aiming to restore its past glory.Built by Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, the tombs of Philip and other Macedonian kings are nearby.

news.yahoo.com

 

[Tommy Chong]

Very cool.

Greece revives 2,300 year-old palace where Alexander The Great was crowned

An ancient palace where Alexander The Great was crowned King of Macedonia will reopen to the public on Sunday after a 16-year 20 million euro renovation aiming to restore its past glory.Built by Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, the tombs of Philip and other Macedonian kings are nearby.

news.yahoo.com

'And when he witnessed the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.' About Alexander. A bit dramatic, but there you have it.

Moving forward to the Romans. During the gladiator fights at the Colosseum, Caesar would always decide the fate of the losing gladiator.

As you know, means he lives, means he dies...

But historians have now discovered that there was a 3rd lessor known and used option...



Indeed, very interesting.

 

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Military uniforms of 18th century

 

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Crashed gliders at Pegasus bridge on D Day.

Pegasus Bridge, Many Legends Were Made -

The capture of 'Pegasus Bridge', as the latter was later known, marked the first British objective secured on D-Day.

militaryhistoria.com

 

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