More things I find interesting (historical)

TL and boring dr

I'll find it interesting if anyone actually give a frick OP.

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Cleopatra lived closer to the building of Pizza Hut than the pyramids.

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There are 3 or 5 books in the Harvard library bound in human flesh. It used to be seen as a nice memento to have things made out of loved ones.

OP,


I find your post very interesting.

The other clowns, not so much.

pretty interesting shite in this thread...

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When too many nobles owed money to Jewish moneylenders and a man in power needed money, it was customary to banish the Jews for the nobles to agree to higher taxes.

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There is a game mechanic in Crusader Kings II that emulates this exact thing.

The siege of Masada.

The roman army was so intent on killing the Jews holed up in a fortress on a plateau, they built a massive dirt ramp up the side of a cliff just to find the Jews committed mass suicide.

Here's the ramp, still visible almost 2000 years later.

Thanks. I have read a few books on Scottish history because I am a nerd genealogist and my surname is from Arglyshire region.

My first paternal ancestor arrived here in 1651 aboard "The Unity" as an indentured servant along with two of his brothers. He fought with Leslie's army when Oliver Cromweld raged war in Scotland. Leslie's army fought for the crown and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory at The Battle of Dunbar after a host of Jacobite advisors persuaded him it to attack Cromwell's army who were trapped at Dunbar Castle awaiting ships to arrive to flee. The Jacobite meddlers, who had a lot of authority granted from the crown , convinced Leslie that God almighty would award him a smashing victory. What ensued was a reverse rout as the Scots stupidly deserted the high ground inland from the castle that refused an overland retreat of Cromwell's forces. They had them boxed in and outnumbered and the only available retreat was by sea.....much like Cornwallis at Yorktown.

But it had rained a lot the previous days. The Scots got bogged down in a muddy quagmire as they descended the high ground onto the plain below. Cromwell said only a miracle could save his forces and he received one. He hit them from both flanks with cannon fire and Calvary charges after their exhausting trek down the mountain and basically ripped Leslie's exhausted forces to shreds while outnumbered two to one. Carrying 100lbs+ of armor on ones back through a quagmire to a disorganized battle front when the opponent is lying in wait tends to level the odds. There were 4000 Scots who died that day and over 8000 taken prisoner after surrender. My ancestor was one of them.

All 8000 were sentenced to serve as indentured servants in overseas British colonies. Many were sent to the West Indies but my ancestor was sent to America via Philadelphia. He and 149 other Scots including his two brothers voyaged across the ocean on the "Unity." This is probably boring to most but as a history lover and genealogist, it is cool to be able to identify a single moment or event that determined why an ancestor came to America.

How long did your relative have to work off the servitude sentence?