Who's you're favorite Historical figure?
By fornax3423
@fornax3423 (47)
Philippines
February 16, 2010 11:57am CST
well, i have lots of favorite historical figure some are from my country and others are from foreign ancient kingdoms. like Alexander the great, for me he's the greatest General who ever led his troops into battle and conquered the Persian empire with just about 40,000-45,000 men from Greece. i can tell you my other favorite historical figures if you are interested..
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@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
16 Feb 10
Hello, and welcome to MyLot. My favourite historical figure is Richard III of England. He has a bad press because of Shakespeare's play, but he was actually well loved in the north of England and did a lot for the country. He was a very complex man, and was also the last King of England to be killed in battle.
@fornax3423 (47)
• Philippines
17 Feb 10
yup... he's actually a good king... in the movie robin hood, i think, he's the king that gave an award to Robin hood. please correct me if i'm wrong, i think that king richard III was killed in the crusades...
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@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
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16 Feb 10
I love learning about history. I'm really interested in the Tudors. I find Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth, fascinating. I've read quite a lot about them. I'm sure there are many more. I'm drawn to powerful female figures in history.
@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
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17 Feb 10
History has been so hard on women because of the rules of society and because men wrote the history books, that often the ones that stand out are the ones that were cruel or suspicious. They had to be more resourceful to survive and also we have to try and look at things from the context of their times. What seems cruel to us was normal to them. For instance Elizabeth I enjoyed the "sport" of bear baiting and that seems barbaric to most people now.
It's so fascinating isn't it?! 
@hvedra (1619)
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22 Mar 10
the thing about history is that often the "bad guys" make for the most interesting study. People who we would be horrified by if they were around now are what makes history so colourful.
Interesting: Caesar, Lucius Sylla, Thomas Fairfax, Vlad Tepes, Cnut, Erik Bloodaxe...
Of course, there were also some very good people who are interesting like Mary Seacole, Gerrard Winstanley, Emma Goldman, George Orwell (people know he was an author but he also fought against the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War).
@CrisRodrigues (413)
• Portugal
10 Mar 10
Well,For Me,Was Cleopatra VII Philopator,The Last Egyptian Queen...
She Was a Member of The Ptolomaic Dinasty...The First Ptolomy Was One Of Alexander The Great's General & His Friend!!!So Her Dinasty Was Greek & Not Egyptian.
I Love Her History With Julius Caesar & Marcus Antonius!!!!
Have a Nice Day!!!!
@ellebj (784)
• Philippines
16 Feb 10
as requested by the author, i am obliged to participate in this discussion.. hihihi.. favorite hisotrical figure? the greatest figure for me (so far) is...
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hannibal?
he is fantastic during punic wars...
in psychological aspect, definitely, it is Sigmund Freud.. his psychoanalytic theory is brilliantly formulated to explain human behaviors..
@fornax3423 (47)
• Philippines
18 Feb 10
hahaha.. of course,, that's psychoanalysis.. hahaha.. and his sensuality made him famous in hid field.. no other theorists of psychology think the way he is..
@pinoyblogger (397)
• Philippines
14 Jun 10
There are a lot of Historical figures throughout History, but there are three which seems to contribute a lot to history.
1.) Bill Gates- founder of Microsoft, he was dubbed as the richest man in the world for how many years. Without his brilliant inventions, we won't be having super fast computers today.
2.) Thomas Edison- Similar to Gates, his inventions changed the face of the planet. When he invented the light bulb, the world seem to be brighter and brighter through the years.
3.) Adolf Hitler- Without him, there would be no 2nd World War. He caused a major amount of damage that ended the lives of millions of Jews during the early 1940's.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
18 Feb 10
i have no specific person that i admire (other than Jesus) but i do admire inventors who, against everyone else's better judgement were able to create something. i also love the stories of average, every day people that were thrust into unusual situations such as anyone who has fought for my nation (Canada) during a war or people that were on the Titanic. these are the stories that i find most interesting!
