I think that she was to be admired for her tenancity and for fighting for the right to live in freedom.
You would like to have been in History?
2006-10-07 00:26:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
My second choice worul be SIr Thomas More..another person who fought and won the freedom of speech in the law courts of that time 1500-1600's
A portrait of Courage by Gerard B, Wegemer
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"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means, at the point of highest reality"
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CS Lewis..The screwtape Letters.
2006-10-07 01:25:13 · update #1
Probably King Offa of Mercia (757-796)
In the dark ages, Offa was a man who rose to kingship of his region of England, and then did something more - he became what was called the Bretwalda - king of kings, accepting fealty from other local kings to establish a new form of currency and a protective earthwork - Offa's Dyke - between England and Wales. A man of many kingly talents, his reign is a bright spot in an age of darkness. To be able to say that about myself would be a wonderful thing.
2006-10-07 04:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have love to have beenKing Arthur if he really existed. I would have loved to put together an army to fight for right. To put together a powerful dudicial system that showed impartiality and the idea of living in a castle and being all nobel...sounds really cool.
2006-10-07 07:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Steven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander the Great, even though he was only 33 when he died. What he must have seen on his travels would be 2nd to none in that time
2006-10-07 07:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by poli_b2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emily Pankhurst, a woman of real courage.She started the campaign for the right to vote for women.
2006-10-07 09:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would've been Deborah, a Jewish military general, judge, and prophetess who was chosen for those said tasks by God.
2006-10-07 11:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pliny The Elder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder
or perhaps Epicurus, he lived the good life :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus
2006-10-07 08:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by The Pirate Captain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eleanor of Aquitane...wife and mother of kings who would not have been kings if not for her. Truly powerful in her own right.
2006-10-07 09:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a celtic warrior .
2006-10-07 10:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by izumi c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JFK, but I would have ducked.
2006-10-07 07:29:25 · answer #9 · answered by Well, said Alberto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋