The Marquis de Sade, as it turns out, was transferred from the Bastille to a madhouse only days before it was stormed. He may have even played a part in stirring up the crowds outside the prison in the weeks before it was liberated.
For a long time I pictured a mob of prisoners being liberated at the storming of the Bastille, but there actually were only 7 prisoners at the time. More symbolic of the revolution I think.
The people who stormed the Bastille had heard rumors of people being held there in appalling conditions and were quite surprised to find only 7 prisoners inside.
Caesar is a cognomen, its exact meaning is unknown because it's believed to be of Etruscan origin, and few is known about their language. It was not part of the Julia family name, but was only used by them, under the Republic. It's true that it became a synonym of the imperial figure after this guy's glorious feats, in the same way as Augustus did.
No, Caesar was his cognomen and was a familial title, though later Emperors used it simply to mean Emperor as it linked them to him and added legitimacy, it was however still his name
I am super proud of myself for pulling "Vichy" out of some dark recess of my mind, managing to find the one neuron in my brain that remembered that city's name from my college history course a decade ago. :)
I can't believe I tried "10 years war" for ""World war" fought against Britain and Prussia 1756-1763"... Possibly the dumbest answer I've ever tried to enter on this site.
I would have gotten the Cardinal Richelieu one for the same reason if I was able to spell it correctly. :P
Don't require the XIV for Louis, yet insist on "FIFA World Cup" in its entirety. Insanity!