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I just heard this one – that Alexander the Great sat on a rock and wept at the lack of worlds to conquer. :'(Anyone got any other crazy historical anecdotes like this? 😀
How about Caesar and his oft quoted and anecdotal Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). There is no evidence he ever actually said this that I know of, but it sure is a great quote. Kind of like the “Band of Brothers” speech in Shakespeare's Henry V.
Here's another one.I believe it was just before the first of the Punic Wars when Rome did not have a navy and so when they finally were constructing ships for battle, Romans were sitting on logs in water near the shipyard, practicing their sailing skills.
Jefferson Davis: “Sherman will fail like Napoleon did in Russia.”Sherman: "Ask Mr. Davis who will supply the Russian Winter in Southern Georgia?"
Jefferson Davis: "Sherman will fail like Napoleon did in Russia."Sherman: "Ask Mr. Davis who will supply the Russian Winter in Southern Georgia?"
Oh my! I love both of those...lol
