In the first years of his reign, Henry gained the sympathy of his people and was seen as a good Catholic.

The two things England’s Henry VIII is best known for his six marriages, which was a rather shocking number for a Christian king, and his English Reformation initiative. And though violations were severely punished, to the present day the Mongol people recognize Khan as a great reformer. Genghis Khan’s military conquests were often characterized by the utmost cruelty and wholesale slaughter of the defeated.Īt the same time, he proved himself an admirable statesman, having managed to unite and organize the Mongols and introduce civilian and military codes. By the time of Genghis Khan's death, his empire extended across Asia, from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea, and his descendants maintained power in the region for hundreds of years. Under his command, the Mongols swept through China, Central Asia and across Eastern Europe. It was then that Temujin was pronounced Genghis Khan – the king of kings. By 1206, he had become the ruler of almost all of Mongolia. But he rode the storm and his military genius helped him defeat rival tribes one by one. Born Temujin, he experienced poverty, persecution and imprisonment after the death of his father, a tribal chief. The omen proved true, as the boy grew into the outstanding warrior of the 13th century who managed to forge the largest contiguous empire in history. (Founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1206 till 1227)Ī Mongol legend says that Genghis Khan was born with a blood clot grasped in his fist – a sign that he was destined to become a great leader. Caligula’s policies led to numerous tensions and conspiracies, and after four years in power he was assassinated. Incitatus was also a Senator, had a stable of marble with an ivory manger, purple blankets, a collar of precious stones, eighteen servants and was fed oats mixed with gold flake. Moreover, Caligula declared himself a living god and even his horse Incitatus was called “an impersonation of all gods”. Caligula is also believed to have committed incest with each of his three sisters, even prostituting them to other men.Ĭaligula’s ambitious construction projects, craving for luxury and unrestrained squander resulted in his losing the enormous imperial inheritance left by his predecessor Tiberius, and led to crippling taxes, frenzied price surges and veiled robbery.

He did not hesitate to take the women he wanted away from their husbands. Caligula was notorious for his sexual Bacchanalias and insatiable lust. “Let them hate, so long as they fear,” was the motto of this leader of the Roman Empire, of whom his predecessor, Tiberius, once said that Caligula would become “a snake for the Roman people.” Indeed, Caligula’s cruelty, extravagance, and sexual perversity made many of his contemporaries regard him as an insane tyrant. From the sexually extravagant Caligula to brutal defender of the French Revolution Robespierre to reformer-dictator Pinochet.

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