Conquerors
123. Conquerors
- Agricola (40–93) enlightened governor and general; subdued all Britain. [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 35]
- Alaric (c. 370–410) Visigothx chief; sacked Rome. [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 14]
- Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) Macedonian king and conqueror of much of Asia. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 61]
- Attila (d. 453) king of Huns. [Eur. Hist.: NCE, 182]
- Batu Khan (d. 1255) Mongol conqueror of 13th century; grandson of Genghis Khan. [Asian Hist.: NCE, 248]
- Caesar, Julius (102–44 B.C.) Roman statesman and general; reduced all of Gaul and Britain to Roman control. [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 416]
- Canute (995–1035) Norseman; subjugator of England. [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 42]
- Charlemagne (742–814) established the Carolingian empire. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 507]
- Charles V (1500–1558) Holy Roman Emperor; last to sack Rome (1527). [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 43, 406–407]
- Cortés, Hernando (1485–1547) annihilated Aztec culture, claiming Mexico for Spain. [Span. Hist.: EB, 5: 194–196]
- Cyrus II (the Great ) (d. 529 B.C.) creator of Persian empire (553–529). [Class. Hist.: Grun]
- Genghis Khan (1167–1227) Mongol chieftain overran most of Asia and eastern Europe (1206–1227). [Asian Hist.: EB, 7: 1013–1016]
- Genseric (c. 390–477) Vandal king; controlled large portion of Mediterranean. [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 1034]
- Golden Horde 13th-century Mongol overlords of Russia. [Russ. Hist.: Grun, 170]
- Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945) led Germany to conquer or destroy most of Europe. [Ger. Hist.: Hitler ]
- Mohammed II (1429–1481) Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople (1453). [Eur. Hist.: Plumb, 292–293]
- Napoleon (1769–1821) vanquished most of Europe. [Fr. Hist.: Harvey, 570]
- Nebuchadnezzar (d. 562 B.C.) subjugated Jews, initiating Babylonian captivity (597–5 B.C.). [O.T.: Daniel 1:1–2]
- Pizarro, Francisco (c. 1476–1541) with small force, destroyed Incan empire. [Span. Hist.: EB, 14: 487–488]
- Tamerlane (1336–1405) Tartar; vanquished Persia and India. [Asian Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1061]
- William the Conqueror (1027–1087) commanded Normans in conquest of Britain; victor at Hastings (1066). [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 42–46]
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