20 Historical Figures Described in one Sentence
Gandhi: “Despite being more pacific than a Buddhist, the game “Civilization” seems to view me as being the greatest existential crisis in history.”
Alexander the Great: This guy is at the origin of the expression “big-headed”.
Catherine the Great: “Despite being a Prussian, I was more pro-Russia than my Russian husband!”
Peter the Great: Like others “Greats”, he was a major turning point in his country's history but also had zero creativity for titles.
Leonardo Da Vinci: Imagine what kind of technological marvel and doomsday devices he could have created if he had lived in today’s world.
Mansa Musa: “I am so rich that even Ellon Musk seems like the middle class next to me. LOL!”
Ghengis Khan: Don’t worry about this guy they say, he’s only a peasant they say.
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui: “I am the Ghengis Khan of South-America.”
Hattori Hanzo: “I may be a ruthless ninja, but anyone who tries to lay a finger on my friend Daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu, and I’ll make it personal.”
Shaka kaSenzangakhona: The award, to the man who invented one of the most game-breaking military tactic: “Bull Horn Formation”, allowing him to crush an army centuries ahead of his.
Admiral Yi Sun-Si: “What a nice invasion fleet you have here, it would be a shame if anything happened to it...”
Cao Cao: “My plan is four parallel dimensions ahead of you.”
Christopher Columbus: when you set sail to discover a new route to India, but instead discover a new continent: “task failed successfully”.
William the Conqueror: “The only thing that kept the English safe from me was bad winds.”
Arthur Pendragon: the living proof that you don't have to be successful in order to be remembered for centuries.
Suleiman the Magnificent: “I may have brought the Ottoman Empire into a golden age, but my greatest achievement was marrying the woman I loved.”
Henry VIII: “Yeah, it didn’t work out so well for me.”
Justinian I: “People view me as the greatest emperor of the Byzantine Empire, despite the fact that I caused it to go bankrupt.”
Salah ad-Din Yusuf: “Taking Jerusalem from the Templars was literally impossible, it’s a good thing that my opponents were dumb enough to give up on this major advantage. LOL!”
Julius Caesar: “I am the senate.”
