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Hmmm... Hannibal was a general, so he's out

Mitridates who fought against the Romans?

Antiochus the Third who gave his country to the Romans on his death bed?

Vercingetorix?

Can you specify the "right era"?
 
You're perfectly in the right era, and you're tossing around some good names. Stay on that track. Or think about it: Hannibal-Mitridates-Antiochus- who's missing?
 
Philip the Fifth of Macedon?

Perseus of Macedon?
Atal the First?
Massinisa of Numidia?
Seleucus?
Ptolomeus?

That's almost all of them I think. :uhm:



And if I didn't gave the correct answer, then just tell me.
 
None of those. I'll leave the question open for a while so others can answer.
 
Here's a strong hint: The chap I'm looking for is best known for his victories.
 
That's him. According to ancient sources such as Plutarch, Pyrrhus saw himself a servant and defender of the Greek culture. Some argue that his Alexander-imitatio (effectively the desire to conquer everything around him) was based on that. Whether that is true or not, it remains a fact that the trigger for his engagement in Italy was a cry for help by a Greek city (Tarentum) against the Barbarians (Romans).

It's actually quite amazing you people tossed around all those names and somehow managed to avoid this one ;)
 
Well, Pyrrhus was one of the few monarchs that I know from that era...guess I got lucky! :D

I can't think of anything to ask...someone else take my turn.
 
Pyrrhus of Epirus who only cared for adventure and glory said "I am the primary servant of my people"?

What a liar.

May I ask the next one?
Alright.

When asked to assist his fellow citizens in making laws, he replied:
"I think that it would be best if all of you would go and hanged yourselves"
 
Well, let's not argue about justice and injustice of an age that lies 2200 years in the past.  -_-

Since you were second closest to answering the question, why don't you come up with a new one, Urizen? :)
 
Since you were second closest to answering the question, why don't you come up with a new one, Urizen? :)

Alright.

Who is this person?

When asked to assist his fellow citizens in making laws, he replied:
"I think that it would be best if all of you would go and hanged yourselves"
 
No.

Little clue-he criticised the entire hellenic tradition and particularly Homer, of whom he said "He deserved to be thrown out of every public gathering, and should've been beaten with a weep"

He is the one who said "Nothing lasts forever, but the certainty of change"
He stated that war is the father of all things.
 
h0M3r iz teh sellout!!!!111 :P


My guess would be Diogenes, then. This kind of sounds like him to me. Assuming we are talking about ancient Greeks ;)
 
My guess would be Diogenes, then. This kind of sounds like him to me. Assuming we are talking about ancient Greeks ;)
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No but you are getting near.

Yes, we are talking about ancient Greeks, and you are veeery close.

Another clue:
This man was from Ephesus and was known as the "Dark philosopher", beacause of his strange character.
 
I fear I'm not good enough to make interesting questions...but I'll try  ;)

Who was supposed to be the author of the most famous ancient manuscript whose code isn't still deciphered? The supposition (nowadays discarded) was made by the owner who gave his name to the manuscript, as we know it today.
 
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