[Loch-Ruadh] Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

[Elizabeth Hawkwood]

You are Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Mad or Charles 
the Well-Beloved!

(hehehehe... of course, that's on strong narcotics
and muscle relaxers. Who knows who I REALLY
am!)

//Elizabeth


fem_cat at yahoo.com wrote:

>
>Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
>You are Gaius Caesar Germanicus - better known as
>Caligula! 
>
>Third Emperor of Rome and ruler of one of the most
>powerful empires of all time, your common name means
>"little boots". Although you only reigned for four
>years, brief even by Roman standards, you still
>managed to garner a reputation as a cruel, extravagant
>and downright insane despot. Your father died in
>suspicious circumstances, you were not the intended
>heir, and one of your first acts as Emperor was to
>force the suicide of your father-in-law. Your sister
>Drusilla died that same year; faced with allegations
>that your relationship with her had been incestuous,
>you responded, bafflingly, by declaring her a god. 
>
>You revived a number of unpopular traditions,
>including auctions of properties left over from public
>shows. When a senator fell asleep at one such auction,
>you took each of his nods as bids, selling him 13
>gladiators for a vast sum. You attempted to have your
>horse, Incitatus, made into a consul and hence one of
>the most powerful figures in Rome. It was granted a
>marble stable with jewels and a staff of servants. At
>one point you forced your comrade Macro to kill
>himself - in much the same vein as your father-in-law
>- accusing him of being his wife's pimp. You, of
>course, were having an affair with said wife at the
>time. 
>
>Things went from bad to worse. When supplies of
>condemned men ran short in the circus, you had
>innocent spectators dragged into the arena with the
>lions to fill their place. You claimed mastery of the
>sea by walking across a three-mile bridge of boats in
>the Bay of Naples; kissed the necks of your lovers,
>whispering sweet nothings like "This lovely neck will
>be chopped as soon as I say so,"; dallied with your
>sister's lover and made her pull her unborn child out
>of her womb prematurely. Towards the end of your
>reign, you had a golden statue of yourself made and
>dressed each day in the same clothes you yourself
>wore. When you eventually died, the terrified people
>of Rome refused to believe that such a cruel reign
>could ever end, and believed you to be alive for years
>afterwards. 
>
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>
>Take the test at :
>http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/lunatics/
>
>
>
>"Oops! My karma ran over your dogma!"
>
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