Cumulative History Quiz #4

[Michiel de Ruyter]

Yes, it is your question, Trajan conquered Rumania and Mesopotamia (Iraq), the last was evacuated by his sucessor Hadrian, because it was to difficult to maintain.
So, you're next!!

 

[Citizen_K]

Okay...here goes:

What was the original insignia of the American 45th Infantry?

(that is, a specific design, like an arrow, or a star, or a Rising Sun....)

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

geez, I really wonder if the correct answer will be given by an american...

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

wild guessing: a bear

 

[philippe]

the nazi symbol:the swastika

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

What was the original insignia of the American 45th Infantry?

Originally posted by Nahuixtelotzin
geez, I really wonder if the correct answer will be given by an american...

well, it would have deeply impressed upon the mind of tens of thousands of Italians, Germans, and French.


In WW2 it was the Thunderbird

 

[Pangur Bán]

Who was Jesus Christ REALLY?

 

[Citizen_K]

Philippe was indeed correct, it was a Swastika . (Just like Hitler's private train was "the Amerika, etc.)

Lefty is almost right, they did change it to the Thunderbird (after the war started). Both symbols were rooted in Native American ancestry, and the 45th Infantry came from Oklahoma (I think).

P.S.: I haven't been on in awhile, so sorry for the time delay...

 

[philippe]

my question:who was the mother of the west-roman emperor
valentinianus3?

 

[polymath]

This is Galla Placida (or Placidia?), daughter of Theodosius.
So, her dad was an Emperor, she married a barbarian (German?) King, then a Roman Emperor. He died, leaving her to be effectively Regent, and her son was a Roman Emperor.
She was a very powerful lady!

My question: who was fated to be able to see the future, but cursed that no-one would believe her prophecies? This is probably too easy, but anyway.

 

[philippe]

you are wright!

 

[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by polymath
My question: who was fated to be able to see the future, but cursed that no-one would believe her prophecies? This is probably too easy, but anyway.

Cassandra of Troy. (Though, this is really a mythology question, no?)

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

I suppose that we all agree that anu is right so I'd say he should ask the next question as polymath obviously doesn't care too much to look in here...

 

[Andu Indorin]

Okay, a quick one.

The Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade were considered the best units in the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia respectively. In which major U.S. Civil War battle did the two square off against one another; and what was the outcome?

 

[polymath]

"polymath obviously doesn't care too much to look in here"
Or, rather, polymath doesn't surf at weekends - but yes, Andu is right.

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

It was not meant as a personal offense, sorry.

 

[napoleon526]

Originally posted by Andu Indorin
Okay, a quick one.

The Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade were considered the best units in the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia respectively. In which major U.S. Civil War battle did the two square off against one another; and what was the outcome?

Antietam (near Sharpsburg, MD). In the first phase of the battle, The I Corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker attacked the Confederate left through a cornfield. The Iron Brigade was under the command of Gen. John Gibbon, and was a part of the 1st Division, commanded by Gen. Abner Doubleday. The yanks' objective was the high ground near the Dunker Church, but they were met by the devastating fire of Jackson's II Corps, including the Stonewall Brigade, commanded by someone whose name escapes me at the moment. The SB had been reduced to just a few hundred men, but they fought bravely against the Union attacks until reinforcements could arrive. Both sides fed more men into the fight, which eventually ground into a stalemate, but both the IB and SB lived up to their reputations.

Later, the Iron Brigade was responsible for the survival of the rest of the Union army with it's brave stand against the Confederates on the first day of Gettysburg, although it ceased to be a cohesive unit after the battle, since it's casualties were so high. The Stonewall Brigade continued to fight bravely for the Confederacy until the battle of Spotsylvania, when it was overwhelmed while defending the "Mule Shoe" salient.

Now that i'm done showing off, here's another question: Who were the three men responisble for the unification of Japan during the Sengoku Jidai (age of the country at war)?

 

[Andu Indorin]

Napoleon526's answer is correct

Actually, I was looking for the Battle at Groveton on August 28, 1862, the day before the opening of Second Manassas, where the two brigades fought one another to a standstill -- an engagement that ended at nightfall. The question was based from Jame's Robertson's Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend (1997). While Robertson plays up the engagement between the two brigades at Groveton, he makes no mention of the sequel at Antietam -- something of surprise given just how exhaustive is his biography of Stonewall. Mae culpa.

 

[Evie]

In order, Oda Nobunaga (what a surprise I should know this one), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Unless you're talking about a different trio, but they are the only one I can see.

 

[napoleon526]

In order, Oda Nobunaga (what a surprise I should know this one), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Unless you're talking about a different trio, but they are the only one I can see.

Right.