RE: The Middle Ages Was the Best We Ever Had
October 5, 2011 at 4:34 pm
(October 5, 2011 at 4:16 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: And my father's family still maintains that Vlad Tepes was a great ruler. He was still a dick.
He wasn't a dick, he was mad.
He likely covered up for his homosexuality, since his favorite way to kill people was to impale them on sticks. He didn't hold back from killing people of high positions, such as boyars and priests, not just civillians, enemy soldiers or even his own soldiers, who have been wounded on their backs, since he assumed that they were wounded while trying to run away from the battle.
Quote:Meh, I hear that he was an asshole.
I don't get why you seem to admire people of authority just because of their position.
His position came not from his lineage. He fought, bled and worked to be hailed as Khagan, as he united the steppe tribes to crush the chinese and the persians, claim their riches, and take over their lands.
Just like his predecessors who have ventured forth to the west, like the great Göktürk Khans, the Seljuks and Attila's Hordes, he did not show mercy to those who defied him, yet bestowed great power upon those who submitted to his rule. Just, and fair, the yasa was his law.
He tolerated every religion within his domain, favored none, and allowed each and every temple to be built in his capital, even though he worshipped the God of his and our ancestors. Tengri, the great Sky God.