He gave them freedom
Julius Caesar was the hero of the people. The lower classes saw him as a man who stood up to a corrupted aristocracy and who was generous to the people.
Medieval slavery was essentially a continuation of the Roman slave tradition, and was slowly on the decline. Enslaving non-Christians was seen as somewhat unseemly, and sources of pagan slaves were becoming limited on the continent.
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This varied with country, but in England, a baron had a gilt coronet, unadorned except for six silver balls called pearls, which are equally sized and spaced, and of which four can be seen in an artistic representation, such as in heraldry. There is a link below to a picture of the coronet.
It was a landlocked country. Until Peter the Great there was no navy. One reason he built St.Petersburg was to gain a water route. He literally built the city out of a swampy land and several thousand peasants died building it. Peter had traveled to the major capitals of Europe and built the city to copy what he had seen in Europe. He succeeded and today the city still has an European feel and look to it as well is still the center for the navy.
No. Alligators are not located in Europe and were not seen until the 1500's.
Charlemagne defeated the Lombards and the Saxons. The lands he conquered combined with the land he inherited produced the largest empire Europe had seen since the ancient Roman Empire, and that it would see until Napoleon.
Yes, medieval houses had slanted roofs, at least in most or all of Europe. I have and been in a number of them, and have never seen a medieval house that did not have a slanted roof, in person or in photos, except for photos of buildings in desert areas.
Charlemagne is said always to have carried a sword. Also his favorite sword is said to have been one called Joyeuse. Joyeuse is mentioned in literature many times, and remained important as a relic of Charlemagne's life. I have not seen a reason it was so important to Charlemagne, but the is a link to an article on it below.
richard arkwright is seen as both villain and hero :
Because he was not a traitor, as was Moctezuma...this is why his name has "hero" status in Mex. City.
Shadow is generally seen as an anti-hero as he normally follows the good side, yet he uses methods not often used by a hero, this includes fighting people seen as allies or the heroes who stand in his way of his objective.
He is still considered a hero because he defeated the evil sorcerer king, Sumanguru.
as a hero
Ergo Proxy .
Guitar Hero 4 definitely seems better. Have you not seen the trailors for it?? Seems awesome.
i think john cabot was seen as a hero in history because he discoverd a land and even though it is not fully known he was nice to the people he met and treated them with respect .That is how i think Giovanni Caboto was seen in history