Why Alexander the Great's mother "Olympias" is the most Ruthless woman who ever lived
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this video, we delve into the life of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, and explore why she was one of the most ruthless women in history. From her association with dark magic to her involvement in the assassination of her own husband, Olympias stopped at nothing to ensure her power and legacy. Join us on this journey to uncover the fascinating story of this formidable woman.
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She'd make a fantastic Game of Thrones character
She already is 😂 Cersei Lannister!!
@@viIIaneIIenah Cersei is a shit character
almost as annoying as the older sister
I watched a TV series back in 2018 I guess based on this story Alexander VS Porus . And that character is just evil .
Cersei Lannister😂😂
She took "A mother can do anything for the welfare of her children" to another level 💀
Exactly
and to give greeks global power
@Upper Class Homosexual
With experience they come up with the conclusion that to get what we want they have to be ruthless. They think without ruthless they can't get anything. Nature allows situations to be like that. The real thing is people dont know how to get things with no conflict. Its hard path to master. No conflict is beneficial for long term and inner peace. But people aren't tough enough for that. This is just my opinion. Say what you think about this.
This is Cersei levels of messed up.
@UpperclassHomosexual We've all been conditioned to be peaceful in these times where wars and conquest are rare and resources are plentiful. In those times it was either you or them. Half measures and mercy have a tendency to bite you if you didn't hold onto power enough. Even your own family in royal bloodlines would treat you fair game if they caught you slippin.
It was simply the norm at the time as many civilizations, some no doubt were peaceful, are exterminated by the strong to pave the way for empires.
Never underestimate a mother's love for she would do anything....
This is evil shit
😂 moms aint shit bro
It's not love. It's the greed for power. She wanted power and she used her son as a mere pawn.
A loving parent won't make their child do something that brings out the curses and bad omen from the poor victims.
That’s not love bro that’s craziness
@@shivanitiwari6622 she could either be a sad victim or be ruthless , she chose power, she isn't a coward no matter how cruel she was that even her enemies were scared to execute her, Cassander who defeated her had to call her relatives who were begrudged from her and previous victims to execute her ( who were all executed by her loyals , all of them later ), so no , that woman even near death didn't die a cowardly death .
I was fully with her when she did everything she could to ensure the wellbeing of Alexander her son, but she crossed a line with how she killed the baby and forced the mother to watch
We don't know how much that story is true versus how much of it is slander.
It was the era of imperialism begotten by conquest and subjugation. Before the war in European fought in rancorous blood, lest we forget in the Middle East a life of battle was the norm. Kingdoms politics was ordinary.
If you think that’s fucked up you should look at Chinese ancient history
@@ErikPT Chinese Ancient history is a special kind of fucked up. Well, Mongolian history is a close second.
She did black magic completely wrong
Some sources say that this mother was having friendly relationship with Alexander and was determined to betray and slay him by puting his closed bedroom on fire.
Strong men throughout history had strong mothers.
And psychotic men like Alexander also had very psychotic mothers.
Yes
Adollllf
@@mynamemyrules7528 I mean, they also had strong fathers too.
@@blahinthe7843yessss genetic. Random number generator hits really hard. Because i realize my father is weak and my mum stupiddd 😭 :( man i hate my parents
Edit: i'll give u an example for my clueless mom and father, because they think i should just be a nice hard working school boy while sitting with littleary white kids and am the only asian guy... and he really is such an idiot and thinks everything is gonna be fine while am getting racially insulted and he cant even defend me while my whole point of life which i am asking myself "why do i even exist" is truly a good question. We live today in a system that separates people anyway so that they feel stronger in groups or in class because they arrogantly think that they are really better, which has always annoyed me, but even my own parents are so stupid and send me to a school where I'm clearly being bullied, then I think that's fair if things are going badly for them. I don't talk shit because that's how I really feel and it's no joke. I'll say it again... it's no joke. i'm pretty sure that many people feel the same way as i do, because it has a strong impact on us students. Grades, social circumstances, etc When I tell my parents that, they always say, "You can't blame others, you've made your life miserable" and then he starts yelling and screaming that its my fault, even though it's really only me I'm sad inside that I wasn't accepted socially by the others and that I'm a joke for such people. I was just looking for attention and friends, but all I get is a step into reality. The reality is that my own stupid parents started sending me into this school... I understand how the world is set up. The people who do something for the world, I mean "work" to keep the world running are mostly treated like dirt, although construction workers and many other jobs are important. Then there are those who do nothing. Girls keep their ass in front of the camera and earn much more money. Those girls get much more attention and friends. FUCK THEY GET MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS... FOR DANCES OR SONGS THEY DID NOT EVEN MAKE THEM BUT JUST COPIED THIS SHIT BECAUSE IT'S A "TREND". Please I really wonder how something like this is fair. I don't want to live in such a silly world anymore, but do I have another option? I can't commit suicide myself. Hahaha, that would be much too easy :( . I have no idea why people who are outcasts from society are even called worthless when most of them do the important things in life. If everyone were rich then the world wouldn't work either because there are no workers, but thats mostly the mindset of those who really thinks being rich will be truly free. Thats the biggest lie. There are people who does every kind of bullshit in the internet to get money and I'll say "e.v.e.r.y k.i.n.d o.f b.u.l.l.s.h.i.t"
How is being rich free. Think about who produced those recourcess? The workers... And who owns them? The rich... 0_0. Well being rich maybe has its beauty when u profit from other peoples hard work. Wow ....

"The hand that rocks the cradle, rocks the world"
A quote about how powerful mothers raise conqueror sons.
The hand that rocks the cradle RULES the world. We all came into this world the same way.😊😊😊
@@katecourt4242 Yes that is the one. I forgot the exact quote, but remembered the first part and guessed the rest. Thanks for the reminder!
pretty fitting end considering she got stoned to death.
Lmfao I just imagine a mother putting her fist in the air and rocking out
Behind every successful man was a powerful mother
No matter what kind of dark magic his Mother did to protect him and for his success in battles but he was completely shaken when he fought King Porus. That was how brave King Porus was.
huh ???? king porus lost tho that battle was in modern day pakistan
Alexander treated Porus as a king, after Alexander won the battle.
Technically she achieved what she wanted to make Alexander a conqueror
As evil as those actions were, that's one dedicated mother who knew her worth honestly lmao
I'm sorry but am I the only one who thinks Alexander's mother is absolutely stunning
I also think that
It's AI character image
If Alexander actually look what his statues look like, so there is also an possibility!
@@Dodlo32888she was beautiful. Alexander had her face on his coins
She should fit in perfectly in modern times and just be one of many narcisstic and ruthless women that exists now a days.
That last cruelty mentioned makes me consider her more as a monster than an actual woman.
So kind of her to allow the mother to choose her own fate. She gave her 3 gifts and said no givesies backsies
And that's why Leon Edward has the best physique of all time
Aesthetics god
wrong channel
And that's why Leon Edward is the sexiest man alive
Normal for women of her time
She was basically an oracle
One of the best mothers in history if you know
She's pure evil man
If my mother does terrible things like burning infants to get me ahead I wouldn't consider her a great mother
@@marijali9541so.... still a great morher would do anything for her child that is a mother i respect
A great woman indeed! She accomplished her goal in the end.
It's not that weird considering what era that was... I think there ought to be more terrible people out there in that time that weren't even punished and lived full life.
Remember the records we read are written by those who won, so it's not concrete that she was actually ruthless.
People may call her evil or ruthless, but history is written by the victors. So we will never truly know the truth. That said, if the story of burning the girl while the mother watched is true, then the evil is infinite, and the wretched creature has to be tortured beyond all human comprehension, infinite in pain and infinite in time. Her pain should be strong enough to power the universe for all time, and beyond.
Ouch!
Yikes!
With Gratitude! ! !❤⚜️❤
Blessed Be! ! !❤🙏❤
She's a lot more interesting to me than any fictional character I have ever known...
She's a complete package of absolute thrill, adventure, mystery!!!
Her level of devotion is super, super, supreme!!!
But it's pure devilish too
Well that's like every other queen
no way
Mothers all always supportive of their children
One of those cases of “great mother, terrible woman”
A woman of her time, doing everything in her power to ensure the success of her son and bloodline. Ancient politics in the royal court can be fatal
Can't ignore the fact that her "practice" really worked making Alexander the "Great" and known throughout the history
What's the background music? I recognize it from somewhere but i can't point out from where... It sounds like a mix of the soundtrack from 13th warrior and American Conquest.
Have you found the music?
I want mother like this,she not normal but she loves her son and do everything to make him great and he is great
I believe that a mother would be ruthless and heartless just to protect her child and create a successful life.
She can be villain in other eyes, but hero to her child.
Liked for the last statement at the end of the video.
Cant find women like this anymore
Her son succeed so it's still a win.
bro turned into Gus for a moment there
Mother Love ❤❤❤❤
She was just a mother who wanted his son on the throne, during those time being ruthless is the only way to survive
She was a great mother for the times she lived in I guess she wanted her son to rule by all means it was ruthless time and she had to do what she thought was best to achieve her goals
She was a psychopath.
a mothers love is truly boundless and smt truly ruthless
Demon
Exactly! They prasing this demonic woman.
A woman with a depraved mind. And Lord Jesus says forgive ur enemies and return good for evil. She seems ro be power hungry and has forgotten that humans have to be humane
Nothing like a mother's love
She was Albanian, today Vlora was her motherland…I don’t know about the last event( I have never heard about her burning a child and I have read a lot of books about her history) but she surely was fierce and knew combat and fighting very well since Illirian used to educate their daughters to the art of war like men did. She made Alexander fight with a LION when he was a teen to make him stronger 🦁 and made him study with the best philosopher of that time Aristotele.
Neither Alexander nor his mother Olympias were able to enjoy their wealth and fame beyond their current lifetime.
Even in the current lifetime, after a while, we get so used to wealth and fame that it becomes mundane and brings no additional happiness or fulfillment.
But the bad deeds we commit for that wealth and fame will be carried forward to our next lifetime.
It's shortsightedness to compromise your soul for fleeting wealth and fame in return for lifetimes of burdens. And earning wealth and fame doesn't need to be ruthless.
Might of been having a great Greek philosopher as your mentor that mad the man as knowledge is power.
Making Alexander believe he was the son of Zeus probably made him such strong
If you like this, Read William Bolitho's "Twelve Against the Gods"
A name to remember! Alexander the great!
I believe Olympia was a great mother
Now I understand where kgf is inspired from
Alexander did Justice Though
She was ruthless and dangerous
she was a great woman who created a conqueror
In the end she won. Thousands of years later and we still know his name.
And hers by affiliation
The soul is eternal. No one wins or loses
@@NetiNeti-gm5bz this is real life. There are winners and losers. His name will be spoken forever, that’s eternal.
And in about another million years from now, none will even know any of them or us existed. Nothing is eternal, even stars don't last forever. And if I'm correct, we live on the third planet in the inner solar system of our star. Just think about that!
@@fearlessbeing851 you’re assuming based on events that haven’t happened yet. I’m making statements of fact. His name is forever until proved otherwise. For all either of us know his statue in Athens will be bigger in a million years
She created a conqueror. A man who conquered history
Sometimes idk if the means ends justify the means…
Firstly he wasn’t great and secondly he couldn’t conquer the world and died a sad death. Pity for him
overhype western propaganda is more like it.
Alexander didn't Conquer history, history Conquered him. He only conquered Europe and some parts of Middle East, and very tiny part of West Asia... that's not even 5% of the world.
As one of the Buddhist priest (these priests don't own anything) once looked at him and laughed and told him, "fool, you only need 6 feet of land after you perish." 😂😂 Indeed, very true.
I still laugh at this because Abrahamic religions need 6 feet of land to suffer and rot even after death while Hindu's, Buddhist, Jainism, etc (all the 100s of Sanatan Dharma) cremates and do not need any land. They are completely set free, back to the Elements of Earth and Stars...
@@Yazzieeeethen afghan🇦🇫 finish there while history when Alexander loose in the afghan in going back😆
Sounds like ruthless is an understatement in her case. That woman was pure evil. Thanks for all the likes everyone I was not expecting it.
Pure Evil is an understatement here
@@wasifabul2545 No kidding
What about when the CCP forced parents to bury their children alive ?
what was told in the video was only some it . there must have been many more children whom she killed
That’s what most women are.
Phillip II, Alexander's father, was a great conquerer in his own right. He built the foundations Alexander the Great stood on.
He managed to (almost) unify Greece
@@kayvan671 Then he married Olympias.
That must have been his worst decision ever.
@@fugu4163 but that would mean his son would not be born and not have created that empire
If he never married her Pyrrhus wouldn’t believe he was the next Alexander, the fiery figure who battled Romans, Carthaginian’s, Macedonians, and Spartans. One of the most unique and mesmerizing characters of the ancient world.
@@omarorihuela606 yeah, well if you put like that . Fate has a way of using the change
After her son's death, she fought on behalf of Alexander's son Alexander IV, successfully defeating Adea Eurydice. After she was finally defeated by Cassander ( new king of alexander's empire ), every general denied there king's order, his armies refused to execute her, not even a single soldier dared to execute her and the king finally had to summon family members of those Olympias had previously killed to end her life. After she died her loyals ( Assasins from cult of dionysus & Defenders of house Argead ) later executed every person and there families who stoned there queen to death. it took them years but they killed every single one of them.
Wow
"Their" families, and "their" queen
- wow, such an interesting story
@@faithcastillo9597 yawn
sounds like something from assassin's Creed
"Ruthless" is too of a nice sounding word for such an evil person.
She was a sadist.
She's bad but I wouldn't say she's Irma grese bad
Yea she was a vile sadistic woman
Ruthless is more of a word for someone who is more of a necessary evil like killing that whole family was ruthless but necessary because the women are known to be the real evil using the men and boys as their brawn and the children who have already been inducted into the family’s evil ways will want revenge for killing the adults of the family even though they are children they can not be trusted or saved as they are old enough to remember what happened it’s a ruthless but necessary act to save the realm from such a dangerous family
As in this case she is a sadist as she is selfish power hungry and sadistic as she takes pleasure in taking and hurting her rivals who arguably don’t deserve it
Y'all just hate a girlboss🤷♂️
@@zenmkultra would you like to have Irma grese as your boss
Now thats a supportive mother
Bruh💀
Ya don't say
@@Gimmegames4free6942 bruh think she is supportive mother
Technically not wrong 💀
bruh you west people and your ethics,thinking
Talk about narcissistic parents.
How was she being narcissistic?
I know, the 'rituals' she performed could be just a way for her take credit away from her son. He 'needs' her
Yep anybody who even places themselves or offspring next to any kind of divine is definitely a narcissist
@@mightbe2stoned107 that makes no sense and is not a way of diagnosis or defining narcissism.
This is beyond narcissism.
She is devil incarnage.
If my mother just gave me 1% of the support and encouragement I'd be so happy 😭
If my children would talk to me I'd be so confused, then later hopefully be happy again. But for now they cant be trusted
God blessed me with my beautiful kids. We talk about everything. They know I'm responsible for them. It's not always easy, I'm a single mom (widow), money's tight but I love my kids and they know I'll face anything for them.
@@NewsLikeThat More power to you, proud of you. My mom has also raised me by herself as a single mother, i saw her struggles & dedication to give me a good life. Sadly she's no more now. How I wish I could do much more for her. You are a strong & powerful lady, don't let anything change you! Wish you & your kids a wonderful future ahead. God bless ❤
Her Son should have puniahed her.
I would punish my Mom if she did that.
Does anyone know this song might put it in my gym playlist this feels like it boosts my testosterone 1000 percent
It is important to note that Olympius was only 13 years old when she was forced to marry Philip who was at the time I think 28 years old, and the only reason he married her was to have a heir to the throne. He never loved her and often sexually abused her. From Alexanders birth up until when Philip died, Philip considered Alexander to be a disappointment and not worthy to be a heir to the throne and would frequently sleep with Macedonian women and have children with them. Philips death created a massive power vacum and Olympius was determined to have her son fill it and made sure that no other sons of Philip inhereted the throne.
There is no heroes in history
Oh please marrying on 13 yrs old wasn't the case some people are short on neurons.
@@Mansoor76513 years old was actually a pretty descent age for girls to get married back then
@@storm861 bro 13 and 28 is not ok no matter when in history 😂
@@gerge-8024 I didn't say it was okay lad, I just said it was deemed pretty normal at the time
“ behind every successful man is a great woman “
A famous Arabic saying
Fun fact: Alexander and Philip considered one of the greatest son-fathers due in history.
Made Alexander with his own hand.
Alexander became a general at 17, and won a battle against athanians with his father.
Like father like son.
In todays time its complete oposide, behind every successful man is no one. Women don't help build up anymore, they only hijack and destroy. Gone are the times where you could find a woman who supported you and was loyal.
Not always 😔
@@jeremylindo8263 It's pretty obvious
Arabic saying?
The wife of the first Han emperor Gao Zu, the empress Lü done something very similar and personally I think she was the most ruthless woman ever lived.
How about make it a tie bro?
There was also the Queen of the Pirates Zheng Yi Sao who actually directed her own fleet of pirates for her own glory and not her sons. She was a total bad ass
Sounds interesting. Can you tell more about her please.
@@Nozarks1I would like to know more as well
@@Nozarks1you can google their names and find out for yourself if they don’t reply.
she was ruthless indeed, even with her son . since Alexander's childhood, she used to feed him with a little bit of poison everyday without fail, just to make him immune for that day when an assassination attempt would happen, with snake. This still gives me chills, but an attempt actually happens , but he was 24 at that time, and didn't have any effect of that snake bite
She forgot about mosquito 🦟
@@sweetykynshikhar8685 😂😂😂
That's not how science works lmfao wtf.
@@zippyparakeet1074 it actually does. There's a reason a good no. Of people are now Antibiotic resistant. They consumed it so much in a longer period of interval that their body is now just immune to its working.
@@Jiji_here_431 Except snake venom gets broken down by stomach acids so it doesn't matter how much of it you drink, it won't affect you. You need it directly injected into your bloodstream for it to affect you.
The woman took being a supportive mother to a whole new level
She did everything to protect her son. Even now, her son's legacy still echoes.
And men are the evil for doing the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂😂
she was pure evil as well
Other things are understand but what about killing other children?
@@J_Ivan-g5m Self-preservation. It was a time when their lives was one order, one poisonous cup, or one accusation away from being killed.
So, you are justifying her actions?
She forgot the most important lesson of all, karma is a bitch.
She give birth an made one of the greatest name in history. So she's successful at his mission.
@@Dodlo32888 She sounded like an untrustworthy scum .
In ancient Greece there was no concept of karma LoL
@@Hoe-numan5 True that. WORD........
@@Hoe-numan5 true. But karma doesn't give a shit about that. Whether they believe it or not it fks everyone at right time!
The story of Eurydice watching her daughter burn is apocryphal. We don’t even know for sure that Olympias was involved in their deaths or even the death of Philip II, though she certainly had the means and motive for the latter.
Don't let truth come into propaganda. Ruins the game.
@@paulstewart6293lmao yah seriously
Almost all the things told in this short are apocryphal. Unfortunately sensationalism sells.
@@RaptorMaitre it is indeed very unfortunate, because these kind of posts are how a lot of people learn about history these days.
Here for comments.
Sir,she isn't ruthless...
She is the DEFINITION of ruthless
Alexander the Great's mother was Olympias. She was a member of the royal family of Epirus, a region in ancient Greece, and she married King Philip II of Macedon, who was Alexander's father. Olympias played a significant role in Alexander's life and was influential in shaping his ambitions and character. She was known for her strong personality and involvement in political affairs.
The ancient Greece is an invention. Epiri was and still is in Albania. Cheers.
She is pure proof hiw woman can affect a man. Let's be honest - if she weren't like that today we wouldn't learn about him in school and his name wouldn't be written in history.
@@wealthmanagement2811 Albania? No1 mention Albania in any text when she was alive. Come back to reality... They spoke Greek and belived in Greek gods, many monuments are still around for you too see, come in our museums.
@@wealthmanagement2811
Of course, the whole world is actually Albania. Everyone know that Albania conquered the galaxy, got bored and gave those places away... .
@@wealthmanagement2811 well everyone knows that Albanians are thieves. No wonder you want to steal history as well.
Those were the times. She did nothing that others did not do . We just think from our point of view
Why don't you apply the same logic to Adolf Hitler
@@Southeast_Asian_Devilthey froze 💀
@@Southeast_Asian_Devilbecause that was 80 years ago when we should have already learnt from our ancestors mistakes
@@joebond545 If Hitler was a woman, she'd be called Mother of German; someone today would write "Those were the times. She did nothing that others did not do. We just think from our point of view."
What a way to justify burning infants alive
all I know is human past was disgusting and that helps me understand why people are like this
Morals and ethics change over time, surely people in the future will look at us with disgust aswell.
@@adamostman3509 because we Humans are disgusting. It’s in our nature as much as we try to deny it.
@@valley6824 I mean that can be said about pretty much any intelligent aninal. There are loads of other species that kills, torture and rape others for no reason.
She was Evil.
Exactly! 💯 All her evil actions and these people are prasing her. Smh
Thank you
Success breeds envy, lol.
U can’t can’t handle women in STEM
She was Evil.
Why would he punish her, he benefited from her brutality....and do you think he was 'great' because he was generous, no he went around conquering other countries which had to have been brutal as well.
Exactly she was evil but we can't ignore that she was the back-bone of alexnders qualities and achievements
Check out the history, the princes who had strong mother queens always won the battle with their opponents
Because mother is the biggest ally one can have in a war with so many people and opponents and if that mother and ally is powerful then you are bound to succeed, except that you are yourself dimwit😂
liberation of the babylonians and freeing of the jews nearly 1.5 to 2 centuries earlier by the persians
@@Thomas.Nikolaidis10 It wasnt india lol, it was small past of extended india. He never went beyond sindh, which is 1 of 13 regions which make so called india
Instead of his crazy and cruel mother, it was Alexander's father Philip who was the main inspiration behind him becoming the Great Conqueror. Without his father Philip, a conqueror in his own right, Alexander might not have been able to do what he did. The role of Alexander's mother is exaggerated in this clip.
Idc what she did for Alexander, anybody who can watch an infant burn alive, purposely at that, is just plain evil.
She hated her husband who abused and hated her ,anything reminded her of him ,she just erased it ,traumatic ,cruel and evils all of them
@@tania714understandable
This is the comment I was looking for , that’s very cruel to make another mother watch their infant burn alive , she was a mother as well and she didn’t take consideration and that was truly a very cruel act.
What's so bad about that?
Honestly you wouldn't think the same back in those times because it was normal
Zheng Yi Sao. (an infamous Chinese pirate queen) was way more ruthless. She took over her husband's fleet of ships after he passed, growing it eventually from around 200 ships to about 1800, ruled with an iron fist, dominating tbe South China Sea for years, was eventually offered amnesty from her crimes from the government if she agreed to retire, which she did, and went on to manage a brothel.
Sounds like it would make a good film in the right hands.
Ok?? But why here??
@@bennygaray46 wdym why here? Please elaborate
@@PrabhablyAGoodUA-camr it has no context to the short. Besides them both being women. So again why here??
@@bennygaray46 Umm, because the commenter is explicitly arguing the author's statement? The video title claims that Alexander's mother is the most ruthless woman. The commenter found an example of a woman who according to them is more ruthless than her, and therefore, is showing that the video is wrong about this fact.
In the end she won and her son was immortalized, what mother wouldn’t want that for her son. She just had the will and tenacity to play her role. Lions don’t care of the opinions of sheep.
Alexander & his mom were more ruthless & cruel than Hitler & Nazi Germany.
Yet, I wonder why people called Alexander as the great
And Hitler as bad.
Only because Hitler killed Europeans & Alexander killed Asians & Africans. So, he qualifies to be called great, doesn't he ?
Legit never heard her name before lmao
@@loolool963 he didn’t won the ww2, so you can’t say the same thing about her!
And Alexander is much more nice and wiser than hitler!
@@aprammus9580well her name didnt matter so much as so she achieved her goal of her son being known for hundreds of years
@@taylorlipinski4048 in all seriousness king Phillips conquests of Greece set that up much more than giving her son a crazy god complex. But I do imagine the personality helped with being a general
She's a complete package of absolute thrill, adventure, mystery!!!
If only she had OnlyFan back then that would have kept her preoccupied
Even Lady Macbeth is keeping distance from her
Fiction vs reality certainly sets the distance
Lady Macbeth was a real person
@@theultimatelifeform9840 nope.
@@arkrules8557 nvm you are correct but Macbeth is a real person
@@theultimatelifeform9840 thank you for admitting you were wrong. There is no need for further discussion.
Fictional character is NOT a real person
She was acting like any noble family would do. Kill the rivals.
Nope, normal noble family would just kill the rivals. They wouldn’t force them to watch their own children die.
@@lorddrakkon9562 The child becomes the rival. If you let them live.....
@@timg1246 I didn’t say the child wouldn’t be killed. I simply said they wouldn’t intentionally make the parents watch.
@@lorddrakkon9562 The deliberate cruelty was part of the theatrical nature of it all. She was, on effect, saying "cross me, I will crush you, and I will do it in the worst and most humiliating way possible". Moral limits were for other people.
Would you cross someone willing and able to do that?
@Tim G124 yeah it essentially was a race to the bottom only the most ruthless could survive. The reason why she isn't uncommon is because her character is the type that always comes on top.
"She slept with snakes" ma'am you need to control you fancys💀
a real women i say.. made everything for her son and made him great..
She performed dark rituals to protect him from battle but forgot to do the rituals to protect him from *dysentery*
Rookie mistake
Mosquitoes*
That's when the bananas comes in.
😂😂😂
Considering it's treatable by medicine today and can be resolved in a couple of days it almost sounds like a joke!
She is the reason why Alexander has "The Great" in his name
Sounds like a great mom. Wish mine would do the same
You mean burning a child.
😂😂
A mom that would burn a baby alive? You really want that?
Bruu😂😂😂no please
Lol he wana says it's ok to kill his sister and father for himself 😭😂
She was successful
Her son is still known today as the mightiest of warrior
Doesn't make it ok, and humans have a very misguided sense of what being succesful is, in the end she wasn't, and where she is right now she won't be either
@@doloresgronenberg5882History is not fair otherwise local doctor's during his time would be more known than Alexander, deal with it.
Alexander: until when will I pay the nine months' rent
"Pure evil and ruthlessness " usually shadowed with " utterly gorgeous looks and sexy demeanor"
AI images are all superficialised unrealistic beauty.
The only difference today is that nobody is allowed to talk about vileness of our rulers.
I doubt it was allowed back then either, only thing that changed is now we know the sick shit our leaders are doing. Also the stories are written by survivors so... i give it 25% true with these stuff, like the bible.
Wrong. It's more like our "rulers" today have nowhere near the centralized authority to form cults of personality. Someone like Alexander could do it; and his actions ricochet across world history -meanwhile in democracies its institutions that act in their place.
Her life would be great for a Netflix series or movie
They will have a red woman to play her by the way things are going.
Alexander would be black she would be chinese and instead of ancient Greece it would take place in albania
@@trifogios5311 with Niko Bellic as a sidekick
@@thraasherhell ngl now I wanna see it 😂 bowling episode when?
Nope. They'd make her a trans lesbian
Angelina Jolie portraited Olympias brilliantly
In what movie?
@@VOLITIONSPARKin the movie "Hitler: Rise of Evil" 😒🤷
@@oli9220😂😂😂
@@VOLITIONSPARK "Alexander" made in 2004
*PORTRAYED , not portraited, unless it's a painting or photo.
As far as the most ruthless woman in history -- she doesn't hold a candle up to Olga of Kiev. THAT woman was the VERY definition of ruthless.
Can you explain why ?
elaborate
The best part is she is a saint.
Ok so apparently
Her husband King Igor was killed by Tribe called Drevlians . After killing King Igor, Drevlian ambassadors came to Kiev and proposed that Olga marry their leader, Prince Mal. To which she responds by saying that thier proposal is pleasing and tells them return to her the next day and demand that the Kievan Rus carry the Drevlians into the city in their boat. That same day, Olga ordered her people to dig a large ditch outside of the city. When Olga’s representatives came to collect the Drevlians the next day, they did as the queen instructed and demanded that the Rus carry them to the city in their boats. When the Rus delivered the Drevlians to Olga, she ordered her people to drop them in the ditch. Olga then had the Drevlian ambassadors buried alive in their boat.
Before the Drevlians could learn of this, Olga sent another message to the tribe. In this message, Olga stated that she would meet their prince if the Drevlians sent their most distinguished men to accompany her. The Drevlians responded by sending their governors to bring the queen back. When the group arrived, Olga invited them to bathe in her bathhouse. After the Drevlian governors went inside, Olga set the bathhouse on fire and burned them to death.
Following this, Olga sent another message to the Drevlians saying that she wanted to come to the city where the Drevlians had killed her husband (Iskorosten) so that she could visit Igor’s tomb and hold a funeral feast for him. The Drevlians, still unaware welcomed Olga of Kiev into their city and helped her prepare a funeral feast. Once the feast was ready, Olga invited the Drevlians to eat and drink alcohol with her. After the Drevlians became thoroughly intoxicated, Olga ordered her people to massacre them and they killed roughly 5,000 people before returning to Kiev.
The Kievan Rus then raised an army and marched on the surviving Drevlians. Unable to defeat the Rus in open combat, the Drevlians fled to their cities and barricaded themselves inside. Olga and her army then laid siege to the Drevlian city of Iskorosten for an entire year. When the Drevlians did not relent, Olga sent a message to them stating that she no longer wanted revenge. She asked them to pay tribute instead, specifically asking for three pigeons and three sparrows from every house in the city.
Olga of Kiev promised to lift her siege of the city if they paid her the tribute, so the Drevlians happily complied. That night, however, Olga ordered her men to tie a piece of sulfur and cloth to each bird, set the cloth on fire, and then released the birds. The birds immediately flew back to their coops in the city, which were built in the roofs and eaves of wooden buildings. Almost every building in the city was set on fire, and Olga was able to conquer the city with ease. The majority of the city’s populace was then killed or enslaved, while the rest were left to pay the heavy tribute that Olga imposed following the Drevelian’s defeat.
I copied and pasted most this .
Actually she made a pretty good job with that brainwashing.
Actually, Alexander's father Philip was the main inspiration behind him becoming the Great Conqueror and not his crazy and evil mother. Without his father Philip, a conqueror in his own right, Alexander might not have been able to do what he did.
The role of Alexander's mother is exaggerated here.
@@sammydasilva6152 - Would be so good to know much much more about it, I mean if we could just go back somehow in the time and get some answers... He is a tremendously huge personal favourite of mine in the history, but for example I am absolutely sure half of the world would die to know the truth about the pyramids and so on... the que is infinite.
This is how Alexander became Great. Original G.O.A.T
Thats a mother's love....and you cant deny that
@@loolool963she did for her son
No that's a narcissistic mother. Good for her the son listened to her. But at what cost
@@saketadarsh7606, that doesn't excuse it, if you have any maternal instinct in you you wouldn't do that to another child nor do it in front of their mother since you are one too, really the lack of empathy, compassion and understanding is destroying the world for many many years now, it seems that many will suffer the consequences when their time comes for that
@@doloresgronenberg5882 it's clear she only look out for her son
Nothing else mattered
That's a psychopath. But yeah most women are, so I guess you're right.
That aint loving your son, that's next level discrimination to people that isn't your son
Watch out for a NETFLIX retelling coming soon -
I'm just waiting for them to make King Leopold and Queen Victoria black
@@elusiveshadow5848 There goes my coffee.... LOL
Where his mom be native american and Alexander somehow black fcking his mom because he got a thing for native americans making it really sweet home alabama
She was a maniac.
She had to be to ensure her son's Destiny
@@harrywiegmans6193That doesn't justify her actions 🤦♂️
@@deadmanx484 no it doesn't but but her end was justified because of her actions so it's all back to karma I guess.. we can't undo what she's done but the mankind in general seems to be mess anyway 2000 yrs ago and these time we are in right now, I can't see whats the difference
@@deadmanx484 People still do the same thing nowadays; rather than have their rivals killed though, they destroy their good name. As the saying goes, it's all in the game.
One of the few moments in History where an evil tyrant was punished.
Sounds like a loving mother of that day to me.
Alexander the great!!king Of the Warrior in Colonial Empire Crossed Christianity to all European and Asian Countries,🙏❤️⛪,