philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
How did the Habsburgs linked back to the house of troye in their completely over the top fabricated genaology?
I'd guess their connection with the Palaeologus family, rulers of Byzantium, through whom they could then (falsely) go back to Julius Caesar, and then Aeneas.How did the Habsburgs linked back to the house of troye in their completely over the top fabricated genaology?
Possibly, though most of the Byzantine marital connections were with Muscovy and with the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria. I'm not aware of any Capetian claim to be descended from any of the Trojans, though I'm sure Steph knows more.I was under the impression that the French royal line also claimed descent from Troy at one time. Same basic lineage?
I only came across it in passing, while reading, of all things, Nostradamus. Apparently, at the time he was writing, the French royal family claimed descent from Troy. Although, considering the other flagrant abuses of history by translators of that text, it could be complete grade-A bullplop.Possibly, though most of the Byzantine marital connections were with Muscovy and with the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria. I'm not aware of any Capetian claim to be descended from any of the Trojans, though I'm sure Steph knows more.
Just a medieval legend that Paris, son of Priam, gave his name to the Parisi tribe; who in turn gave their name to Paris, the capital city of France...I was under the impression that the French royal line also claimed descent from Troy at one time. Same basic lineage?
Pharaoh Pepi II, if my childhood Usborne book of kings and queens is right (and if I remember it): he reigned for 94 years.Moving onto another question: Who is the longest-reigning monarch in history? I know who ruled the longest in England/Britain, but who has ruled for the longest period of time overall?
About as varied as anybody else's. It ranged from truly horrendous (the Herero genocide in northern Namibia) to not all that bad. The Germans were able to get plenty of askaris in German East Africa (Tanganyika) to fight in the First World War, after all.Question...How good/bad were German colonial practices?
I've never heard that. I don't think they had a shortage of heavy cavalry, it's simply that the barbarian hordes made better use of theirs. It is commonly recognised that the stirrup gave the Goths a huge advantage over the Romans in warfare. Dachs Moderator Action: Deleted for language. Infraction given. - KDIs it true that the Romans had a chronic shortage of heavy cavalry, and if so, why?
The Roman heavy cavalry wasn't as good as most other kinds of a comparable period - certainly it couldn't stand up to Parthian cataphract lancers for the first few encounters, in a straight fight - but eventually the Eastern armies of the Romans adopted catafractarii (as they called 'em). The cavalry problem is one of the Republic, not the Empire.I've never heard that. I don't think they had a shortage of heavy cavalry, it's simply that the barbarian hordes made better use of theirs. It is commonly recognised that the stirrup gave the Goths a huge advantage over the Romans in warfare.
Aeneas -> Rome?
I hate doubleposting, but I had a question.
Why is there a Masonic symbol on the DDR flag? My parents have one - long story - and when I was little I thought it was the flag of the German Freemasons (cos you know they started out in Bavaria and all and hey I was little). Now that I know it was the DDR flag, I'm just confused.
...but widely believed in classical times, at least halfway. Rome was called in by several cities in the Hellespontine area in the middle days of the Republic because of the perceived link between them and the Trojans. It's older than just Virgil, but just as probably fictional.Aeneas is the legendary founder of Rome, but he is just that: a legend. What happened was, Virgil decided the Romans needed an epic story of their founding to rival that of the other Mediterranean empires, so he wrote The Aeneid, which is the story of Aeneas leaving Troy after the Trojan War was done, going to Carthage and making mad love to Queen Dido, and then founding Rome. Its a great story, but its all 100% fictional.
And it was widely believed all through Medieval Times as well....but widely believed in classical times, at least halfway. Rome was called in by several cities in the Hellespontine area in the middle days of the Republic because of the perceived link between them and the Trojans. It's older than just Virgil, but just as probably fictional.