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The Great Man Theory of History ➡️ History is not shaped by the masses. It has and always will be great men of energy who direct the course of history. Alexander, Caesar, Christ, Newton, Tesla, Jobs and most recently, Satoshi. It is these men, by their sheer force of character and will, that bend the arc of destiny toward themselves, and in doing so, shape what we look back on as history. ➡️ The modern world wants you to believe it is the average man who matters. Like much else, modern...

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Hellenistic period, mid-late 2nd c. BCE Found at Manisa (ancient Magnesia ad Sipylum; see on Pleiades), Lydia, Anatolia In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum Inv. 709 T (Mendel 536) arachne.dainst.org/entity/1067816

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As long as there have been civilizations, there have been unending wars for power and land. These wars have produced some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen. Men who are not only exceptional at hand to hand combat but who were also great leaders and brilliant strategists. There were so many brave individuals who could fit on this list but I think these represent warrior states from around the world and throughout the ages. 10. Richard I (Lionheart) Best known for his heroic…

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This painting, created by the French artist Lionel Royer (1852-1926), depicts a meeting between two storied figures from history. Standing in the center, draped in red, is Octavian—soon to be named Augustus—who used a combination of politics and war to wrest for himself control of the Roman Empire in the aftermath of Julius Caesar’s assassination. […]

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