The Cruelest Rulers In History
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Published 2022-10-07
Others, like Attila the Hun or Chinese Empress Wu, may seem like obvious choices. But after looking deeper at the effects of their rule and how they were perceived by those they reigned over, it becomes clear that they're not the worst rulers in history. Instead, they suffered from then-contemporary historians' ire (Attila because he wasn't Roman, and Wu because she was a woman).
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All Comments (21)
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Ghengis Khan has become somewhat of a household gene.
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Honorable mentions : Basil the Bulgarslayer, Selim the Grim, Attila the Hun, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Stalin, the Austrian Painter
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3:19 - His predicessor, Vladislav II, murdered his father (the body was never found), and buried his brother alive. Dracula would avenge this, by first surrounding Vladislav's army, forcing him into a duel, then beating him to death with his bare hands.
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I'm sorry, but Mussolini doesn't even rank in the top three. I despise Fascism, but when you have Ivan, Vlad, Robespierre, Leopold, Talat Pasha, Mao and Pol Pot, Mussolini can't hold a candle.
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Vlad is a national hero in Romania. He’s one of the first to effectively use biowarfare against a much larger enemy. He managed to keep Wallachia out of Ottoman hands after decades under them. His methods, yes, were disgusting, but effective.
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"Ok, time to draft a team of the worst dudes ever." - The Jets GM every year -
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I read the title of this video too quickly and misread it as "the cutest rulers in history". 😆
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Count Dracula: "Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death..." Mina Harker: "Like what?" Count Dracula: Remembers the screams of impaled alive Ottomans as he sinisterly smiles
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You forgot my 7th grade P.E. teacher... He should have gotten a mention, at least.
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Speaking of Genghis Khan, there is actually a 1956 movie about him named "The Conqueror", in which the mongol Lord of War is played by no other than John Wayne (no wonder why that movie is considered one of the worst ever made). In fact, that film caused the death by cancer of 46 members of the staff, as it was filmed in zones actively used for nuclear tests
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We need a full video on Leopold II and Pol Pot. These quick glance overs don't do them justice.
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You forgot Caligula and Mao. Mao tops the list for his sheer numbers!
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I would love to see a video on the cruelest female rulers too. They were some bad mothers, figuratively and literally.
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sneaking suspicion this video could have been an hour long. Sooo many villians.
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Thank you for such an entertaining form of history. Your sense of humour and great compilations make these our favourite shows to watch
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A lot of people who have history channels like this are not funny and the jokes fall flat but this guy his delivery is very good you sir just got a new sub
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tamerlane once besieged a city that was rebellious to his empire. after crushing the rebellion down and executing most of the citys men and enslaving the women and children, he then had to rebiuld the citys walls. to teach everyone a lesson he used the war captives as living bricks, so they were biuld in to the wall alive.
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Qin Zhi Huang is the title, translated from Chinese to be the First Emperor of Qin. Qin Zhi Huang's actual name is Ying Zhang.
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Vlad the Impaler deserves his own video.
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U should definitely make a part two
