RetroFed Forum
Your home away from modern life.
Search Categories Forum list Register Log in
About RetroFed
RetroFed

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

  • Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
  • Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
  • Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)
73 registered users
Administrators: DosDude, Die4Ever
Visit retrofed.com
Before Hitler became the comparison for anything that was extreme bad or evil by a ruler, who was it before Hitler and why? When was the whole world pretty much like screw this guy? or gal?
Post Reply RetroFed Forum Forum Index » AskHistorians
AuthorMessage
Don_Dickle lemmy.world Patnou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-30
(edited) Quote
19   Original
BurgerBaron quokk.au BurgerBaron@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-18
#2 · Quote Reply

In Europe it'd be mythical Bible villains, especially the Egyptian Pharaoh in Exodus where god interfered with his supposed free will to not free slaves that they never had in reality. Or earlier historical figures like Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon Bonaparte.
10
AllNewTypeFace leminal.space AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-08-20
#3 · Quote Reply

Napoleon was a popular choice in a lot of places.
12
NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#4 · Quote Reply

Ramses II was a common one due to the bible, as was Judas and I think Brutus and Cassius for betraying Caesar. The Divine comedy features the latter three being chewed on by Satan in the deepest pit of hell.
7
flamingo_pinyata sopuli.xyz flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-17
#5 · Quote Reply

In large parts of Europe, Napoleon.

Today we mostly glorify Napoleon as a great man of history. Not always in the positive sense, but we focus on his personality and historical impact.

Less mentioned is the sheer amount of destruction inflicted by his wars. It was "the war" untill WWI came along.
24
belzebubb lemmus.org belzebubb@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-08-14
#6 · Quote Reply

The bishop of Bath and Wells
3
Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#7 · Quote Reply
NOT_RICK wrote:
Ramses II was a common one due to the bible, as was Judas and I think Brutus and Cassius for betraying Caesar. The Divine comedy features the latter three being chewed on by Satan in the deepest pit of hell.

All while Ramses II was most likely innocent...
1
Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#8 · Quote Reply
belzebubb wrote:
The bishop of Bath and Wells

Explain.
1
quinkin lemmy.world quinkin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#9 · Quote Reply
Treczoks wrote:
Explain.

Blackadder.
2
Post Reply
Back to top
Powered by PieFed · PieBB frontend · All times are Europe/Amsterdam