Daily Trivia-December 23-History Edition

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- December 23, 2018 at 6:09 PM - Views: 62 #4274
  Carthage punched them out pretty...
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  It did have something to...
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  Daily Trivia-December 23-History Edition
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  Let's see if I can...
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  Okay, after the Punic wars....
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  They were a Germanic tribe,...
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  I would say Atilla the...
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  Sorry, incorrect. He was not...
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  Goths, Visigoths, Vandals… too hard...
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  damn, you beat me to...
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  Pick one. You narrowed it...
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  It were the visigoths.
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  Sorry, incorrect. Hasslecat named them,...
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  The Vandals
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  Word Press and formatting and other IT gremlins are making me feel barbaric today. I do not know if I can reply more than once per thread, so if that happens I’ll have to edit the OP.
  
  This is a two parter: This man arguably did more than any single individual to finally destroy the Western Roman Empire. He built a fleet, conquered two Roman provinces, sank the Roman fleet, and pillaged Rome. He lived until his 80s.
  
  He was king of which people? What was his name? Answer: The Vandals, and Gaiseric.
  
  Looking up the answer is cheating.
  
  Hint: The name of the people has passed into the English language as a synonym for wanton destruction.
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:12 PM #4279
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  Carthage punched them out pretty good.
  
  And I think it was a naval battle, but I can’t remember who led them.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:14 PM #4282
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    It did have something to do with Carthage, but Carthaginians were gone when this man and his people made their mark.
    
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:13 PM #4281
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  Trajan (sp?)
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  - December 23, 2018 at 6:15 PM #4283
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    Let's see if I can reply to NV Wino. Sorry, incorrect. Trajan was a Roman Emperor who died 3 centuries before this barbarian bad ass
    
    came along.
    
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:17 PM #4284
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  Okay, after the Punic wars. The Germanic tribes and the Turks both pecked away at them.
  
  I guess it would be the Germans in the western part of their empire, but I don’t know who or when.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:21 PM #4288
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    They were a Germanic tribe, really refugees, who crossed the Rhine in 406 CE. They sacked Rome 49 years later, after an amphibious landing.
    
    So there are a couple of hints.
    
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:23 PM #4291
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  I would say Atilla the Hun,but I think he died young. But it's all I got.
  
  As I recall, he failed to survive all the excessive eating and drinking of his wedding celebration, and died in his lte 30s.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:30 PM #4297
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    Sorry, incorrect. He was not Attila, but he was a contemporary of Attila, and he took advantage of what Attila did.
    
    Hint in OP coming.
    
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:34 PM #4298
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  Goths, Visigoths, Vandals… too hard for me.
  
  About all I know about any of them is that Goths hurt each other in the mosh pit.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:37 PM #4300
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    damn, you beat me to it.
    
    Really good you are.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:39 PM #4304
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    Pick one. You narrowed it down, but pick one.
    
    Never let your morals stop you from doing the right thing.--Isaac Asimov
    
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- December 23, 2018 at 6:35 PM #4299
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  It were the visigoths.
  
  Us really bad ass peoples.
  
  NOBODY fucks with a Visigoth.
  - December 23, 2018 at 6:38 PM #4302
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    Sorry, incorrect. Hasslecat named them, but you gotta pick ONE!
    
    Wasn’t the Visigoths.
    
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    - December 23, 2018 at 6:42 PM #4307
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      The Vandals
      
      But I don’t know who their leader was.
      
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      - December 23, 2018 at 6:50 PM #4310
        
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        Woops. I’m thinking of West Side Story.
        
        I feel much better since I gave up hope.
        
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        December 23, 2018 at 6:55 PM #4313
        
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        No, it was the punk rock band…… The Vandals!
        
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      - December 23, 2018 at 6:57 PM #4316
        
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        CORRECT!!! Newsflash! Jan Wins! It was the Vandals. Their king was Gaiseric.
        
        Check out Barbarians Rising on Hulu now if you want to see some nice, bloody re-enactments that tell his story.
        
        Meanwhile, for your prize you get some sights of Tunis, which is very near to Carthage where Gaiseric mostly hung out:
        
        Well, I guess you don’t. Seems I can no longer post pictures. 🙁
        
        Never let your morals stop you from doing the right thing.--Isaac Asimov
        
        The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.--Julius Nyerere
- December 23, 2018 at 8:17 PM #4343
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  Did you say the Family Channel?
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