The NAME THAT HISTORICAL EVENT game

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
The suicide of Adrastus at Croesus' court? It seems to be right in touch with the "oppressed by fate" line.

No, but I'm impressed. I had to look that one up.

The cause of all this guy's problems:

[KrazyHorse]

Another hint: the man committing suicide is very famous, but his death is not.

His life ended with a whimper rather than a roar.

[Fake Boris]

So he was literally oppressed by fortune, not by fate... I'd say Crassus drinking a bowl of melted gold, but that was after Mithridates. I'll think about it.

[KrazyHorse]

So he was literally oppressed by fortune, not by fate... I'd say Crassus drinking a bowl of melted gold, but that was after Mithridates. I'll think about it.

You're reading too much into it. I meant the person on the coin, not the coin itself.

[lord of the mark]

what the hell

Cato the younger?

[Fake Boris]

Oh, it's the suicide of Hannibal.

That last clue pretty much gave it.

That was actually a clever puzzle: someone everybody knows, but whose death has been forgotten.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Oh, it's the suicide of Hannibal.

After the Battle of Zama which ended the Second Punic War, Hannibal was allowed to live in peace for a few years. Roman authorities then demanded his surrender due to their fears of resurgent Carthaginian militarism. Hannibal entered exile and fought for several enemies of Rome with mixed success over the course of a decade before having to face the virtual certainty of his capture by Roman forces. At a small town in what is now Western Turkey he drank poison and ended his own life, 20 years after he had ceased to be an important figure in world history.

[Fake Boris]

OK, my turn. What is the battle depicted on this painting?

[KrazyHorse]

Random guess: Siege of Sevastopol

[Fake Boris]

Hole in one

[KrazyHorse]

What country (no longer in existence) was this the flag of?

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
What country (no longer in existence) was this the flag of?

The flag of the defunct Republic of Biafra. I wasn't sure, so I had to double-check online. That was a hard one.

[Alexander I]

This one is a little more difficult. Where did this event take place and when?

[KrazyHorse]

nm. stupid guess.

[KrazyHorse]

Oh, why not. I think it's wrong, but

Siege of Orleans, 1428