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Historical books are all over the place, all claiming to teach you this and that, but it turns out a lot of these so-called “facts” are not accurate at all, at least not according to popular culture, the ultimate Bible. All that stuff they taught you in High School and college? Well, those were a [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, Humor · Tagged 300, abraham lincoln, assassin's creed, Braveheart, Caligula, Dante Alighieri, George Washington, historical accuracy, john wayne, Matthew Zarzeczny, Movies, Nicolas Cage, planet of the apes, Satire, Sparta, Spartacus, Television, TopTenz, video games
List sites have already features lists of craziest Roman emperors or most evil women, but I have yet to see a list site focus in both Roman emperors and empresses together and without labeling them as either “crazy” or “evil.” Moreover, many of these other lists report actions by these men as if they are [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged agrippina the younger, byzantine emperors, Byzantine Empire, Caesar, Caligula, Claudius, commodus, domitian, elagabalus, emperor, Empress, flavian dynasty, Gladiator, Hagia Sophia, Holy Roman Emperor, infamous rulers, irene of athens, justinian, Nero, Nika Riots, Plague of Justinian, Roman, roman emperors, Roman Empire, roman history, roman rulers, rome, theodora, tiberius, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Valeria Messalina
Every actor is bound to make a stinker or two over the course of his or her career. Heck, if you’re looking at someone like Nic Cage or John Travolta, he’s bound to make a dozen or more, and let’s not even get started on someone like Emilio Estevez or his esteemed uncle, Joe. But, [...]
Posted by Jeff Kelly on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Academy Award, adam sandler, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Ben Affleck, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Caligula, cary grant, Crash, Emilio Estevez, F. Murray Abraham, Freejack, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Gigli, Godfather II, Helen Mirren, Island of Doctor Moreau, Jaws The Revenge, John Gielgud, John Travolta, Justin Timberlake, Kate Beckinsale, Malcolm McDowell, Marlon Brando, Melanie Griffith, Michael Caine, Michael Corleone, mick jagger, Mike Myers, morgan freeman, On Deadly Ground, Oscar, potato chips, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Robert DeNiro, Rocky, The Dark Knight, The Godfather, The Love Guru, The Razzies, The Silence of the Lambs, tom hanks, TopTenz YouTube, Warwick Davis-esque
Thanks to their sheltered lives and the adverse effects of inbreeding, a lot of history’s kings, queens, and other royals became known for their eccentricities. There was Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who delighted in torturing her servants and was even rumored to bathe in the blood of virgins; there was Gian Gastone of Italy, who was [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 12:01 am
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