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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boudica.

Queen of a British tribe that fought the Romans and won, for a while.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

She's had a few treatments, just none of them large production Hollywood blockbusters.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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Marcus Aurelius. Philosopher king, savior of Rome, and someone I had fun drawing.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

While yes! I also am very pessimistic about Hollywood not giving him the treatment he deserves. Could be a bit too radical for profit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler. It's basically the story of Wallachia's complicated relationships with all their neighbours. The real story is so much more interesting than "spooky vampire".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Andrew Wakefield. He's the guy who published a phony study that inspired the Anti-Vax movement. More people need to learn how this always has been a scam.

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I recently listened to a podcast about Antonín Švehla. Politician from first Republic (1918-1939) and master of compromise, he was as important as Masaryk but now is mostly forgotten.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Emperor Norton of America

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rani Lakshmibai

I'd elaborate but it would be a really long post. Best to read the wiki page.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Newton would be great. Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to his occult studies alone.

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James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase of the US Civil War.

How this hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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Bill Blizzard. I really want to see a solid movie about The Battle of Blair Mountain