BY PRESSROOM
The legacies of these ancient masters of war still astound us.
Just because you’re a leader doesn’t mean you’re fair and just. Warriors throughout the last thousands of years did incredible things, but they slashed, killed, and maimed thier ways to the very top. These legendary warriors were mere men, but became the supreme lords of exotic lands that it could take a lifetime to travel to. Who’s your favorite conqueror of all time? You may find one here.
Arminius, 18 B
Arminius was born into the royalty of ancient Germany’s Cherusci tribe around 18 B.C.. He would lead his tribe in an ambush that slaughtered three Roman legions at Teutoburg Forest and forced Rome to withdraw it’s soldiers past the Rhine River, never to advance again.
Her Iceni people were subjugated to Roman rule in present-day England. When her husband, King Prasutagas, died with no male heir in 60 A.D., the Romans seized the opportunity to annex his kingdom, and publicly flogged Boudica and raped her two daughters.
The legacies of these ancient masters of war still astound us.
Just because you’re a leader doesn’t mean you’re fair and just. Warriors throughout the last thousands of years did incredible things, but they slashed, killed, and maimed thier ways to the very top. These legendary warriors were mere men, but became the supreme lords of exotic lands that it could take a lifetime to travel to. Who’s your favorite conqueror of all time? You may find one here.
Arminius, 18 B
Arminius was born into the royalty of ancient Germany’s Cherusci tribe around 18 B.C.. He would lead his tribe in an ambush that slaughtered three Roman legions at Teutoburg Forest and forced Rome to withdraw it’s soldiers past the Rhine River, never to advance again.
Known as “Hermann” in modern Germany, Arminius is viewed as a national hero to this day.
Boudica, 50 AD
Boudica, 50 AD
Her Iceni people were subjugated to Roman rule in present-day England. When her husband, King Prasutagas, died with no male heir in 60 A.D., the Romans seized the opportunity to annex his kingdom, and publicly flogged Boudica and raped her two daughters.
The rightfully enraged warrior queen would later raise an army that would massacre some 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons in their rampage.
Constantine, 272-337 AD
This Roman Emperor was raised in a high-ranking military family. Through his own work in the military and his cunning, he was able to fight his way to become the Emperor of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. He wanted his people to convert to Christianity although that was taboo at the time. He created a new Eastern Empire capital named after himself (Constantinople). He always believed that he was an instrument of God, and that’s why he was able to do so much.
Stilicho, 359-408 AD
When Honorius became the Western Roman Emperor at a young age, Flavius Stilicho was elected as his regent by the former emperor. In essence, he controlled the empire’s armies and led them to some huge wins, even rescuing the trapped Honorius. But he was brought down by people in his own court who opposed his missions, and they executed him and his son.
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