48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt
1066 - William the Conqueror invades England
1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
The 'Conqueror'? The 'Great'? These guys sure thought highly of themselves.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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I, Ariella the Imperial, do hereby deign them haughty and overbearing.
Anyway..I prefer Great Scott.
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