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2007-11-01 05:26:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Vlad the Impaler"
2007-11-01 09:15:09 · update #1
He would take the living bodies and dead of the Turkish enemy and would leave them IMPALED on stakes on the battlefield. he did this to some 20000+ enemy soldiers at the time over just a few short years of rule.
That is how he got the name!
2007-11-01 06:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by Rex 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dracula the character was based on Vlad the Impaler. Vlad was a very ruthless and bloodthirsty king of a minor kingdom in Transylvania. When he conquered an area or when he wanted to crush a rebellion he would have his soldiers place large poited stakes into the ground then they would throw people up in the air so they would land on the stakes and slowly slide down leaving a bloody gory mess everywhere. He did it to women children etc. Hence the name Empaler.
2007-11-01 05:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by baldisbeautiful 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey Ryan - Happy belated Halloween!
Let's permit our friends at Wikipedia answer this one for you...
Allusions to actual history and geography:
Although Dracula is a work of fiction, it does contain some historical references. The historical connections with the novel and how much Stoker knew about the history are a matter of conjecture and debate.
Following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972, the supposed connections between the historical Transylvanian-born Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia and Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula attracted popular attention. During his first reign (1456–1462), "Vlad the Impaler" is said to have killed from 20,000 to 40,000 European civilians (political rivals, criminals, and anyone else he considered "useless to humanity"), mainly by using his favorite method of impaling them on a sharp pole. The main sources dealing with these events are records by Saxon settlers in neighboring Transylvania, who had frequent clashes with Vlad III and may have been biased. Vlad III is sometimes revered as a folk hero by Romanians for driving off the invading Turks. His impaled victims are said to have included as many as 100,000 Turkish Muslims.
2007-11-01 05:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by just1jerry 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you mean Vlad the Impaler then the answer is simple. Whenever he won a victory over his enemies, he would have some of them impaled on sharp wooden stakes on the battlefield and watch them die slowly while he ate his victory meal. (eeuw!!).
2007-11-01 05:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by grandpapidood 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he had a habit of impaling his enemies as well as innocent people on stakes. Not a nice guy at all.
2007-11-01 07:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was a very harsh ruler who executed (murdered) a lot of people by having a huge stake rammed through them from end to end and then the staked (impaled) victim would be displayed publicly.
2007-11-01 05:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a little known fact that Dracula was actually one of the first Hungarian porn stars and 'Impaler' was his nickname.
2007-11-01 05:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Einstein 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he was very nasty man
2015-04-30 07:25:22 · answer #8 · answered by Ezilyn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bend over and he'll show you.
2007-11-01 05:48:01 · answer #9 · answered by divljidzo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋