Title: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 12, 2011, 09:47:23 PM I'm bringing back the "Person of the Century" polls that were run in 2008. For the next couple of days I'll take nominations, then compile them into polls, maybe adding in people not nominated if I feel they warrant it.
Let's go! 0-99: St. Paul 100-199: Marcus Aurelius 200-299: Diocletian 300-399: Constantine the Great 400-499: Pope Leo the Great 500-599: Pope Gregory the Great 600-699: Muhammad 700-799: Charlemagne 800-899: Alfred the Great 900-999: Otto I the Great 1000-1099: William the Conqueror 1100-1199: Genghis Khan 1200-1299: St. Thomas Aquinas 1300-1399: Dante 1400-1499: Johannes Gutenberg 1500-1599: Martin Luther 1600-1699: Louis XIV 1700-1799: George Washington 1800-1899: Karl Marx 1901-1999: Adolf Hitler 1st Century Winner: Jesus of Nazareth 2nd Century Winner: Ptolemy 3rd Century Winner: Diocletian 4th Century Winner: Constantine the Great 5th Century Winner: Attila 6th Century Winner: Justinian 7th Century Winner: Muhammad 8th Century Winner: Charlemagne Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: The Mikado on April 13, 2011, 01:42:14 PM EDIT: Usual caveats apply: list is biased towards politics, etc.
1st Century: Arminius/Hermann, for driving Rome out of Germania. 2nd Century: Hadrian. You get the tie-in to the more-or-less final borders of the Roman Empire, the crushing of the Second Jewish Revolt and the end of large-scale Jewish presence in Palestine, and a look at Roman society at its peak. 3rd Century: Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire, for revitalizing Persia after a considerable period of decline and defeating Rome again and again, setting up the long Roman/Byzantine-Sassanid struggle that would last until the rise of Islam. 4th Century: Constantine, no question. 5th Century: If Time was around then, they'd chicken out and use something like "the Century of the Barbarian," and put Alaric, Attila, and Odoacer on the cover together. I suppose I should give it to Attila for getting the ball rolling. 6th Century: Justinian 7th Century: Muhammad 8th Century: Harun al-Rashid 9th Century: I know very little about this period. I...suppose? Charles the Bald, but out of lack of a better candidate. 10th Century: Abdul-Rahman III of Umayyad Spain 11th Century: Pope Gregory VII, for reinforcing Papal authority in the Investiture Controversy and cheapening the title of Emperor, weakening the once-powerful Ottonians. 12th Century: Genghis Khan (Easiest one yet) 13th Century: St. Louis (King Louis IX of France) 14th Century: Petrarch, symbolizing the proto-Renaissance. Dante's a good choice, too. 15th Century: Mehmet II The Conqueror (though Ferdinand and Isabella deserve a mention) 16th Century: Could we do a dueling cover? Martin Luther facing off with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor? 17th Century: Louis XIV 18th Century: Washington's not a bad choice, but I think an Enlightenment figure would go well. Adam Smith. 19th Century: Otto von Bismarck 20th Century: If only I could break this one into first half and second half. I'd feel horrible giving it to Einstein when I didn't give Newton the honor earlier. V. I. Lenin, I suppose. Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Lief 🗽 on April 17, 2011, 10:09:59 PM I'll try to nominate people who haven't been yet, even though they're not my first choices.
1st Century: Jesus of Nazareth 2nd Century: 3rd Century: 4th Century: Fritigern 5th Century: 6th Century: 7th Century: 8th Century: Charles Martel (Time magazine would readily buy into the "Battle of Tours saved Europe from Islamic conquest" argument) 9th Century: Saints Cyril and Methodius 10th Century: 11th Century: 12th Century: Saladin or Urban II, depending on whether you think it's more significant that the crusades happened or that they failed 13th Century: 14th Century: Osman I, or Louis the Great of Hungary was pretty cool 15th Century: Christopher Columbus 16th Century: Hernan Cortes or Nicolaus Copernicus (or "The Explorers (of land and science)!") 17th Century: Cardinal Richelieu or Ferdinand III 18th Century: Voltaire 19th Century: "Liberalism" or "The Industrial Revolution" if we were doing it Time magazine style 20th Century: Gavrilo Princip Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: bullmoose88 on April 17, 2011, 10:50:49 PM I'll put some down, not that I agree with them per se, but that they should be put in consideration
17th Century: Oliver Cromwell 18th Century: Benjamin Franklin 19th Century: Napoleon Bonaparte 20th Century: Albert Einstein Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 17, 2011, 11:02:35 PM Maybe another 24 hours. Keep it coming!
Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Associate Justice PiT on April 18, 2011, 12:19:20 PM Offering a larger variety of choices...
0-99: Boudica 100-199: Trajan 200-299: Decius 300-399: 400-499: Alaric 500-599: 600-699: Ali 700-799: Emperor Leo III of the Byzantine Empire 800-899: 900-999: Hugh Capet 1000-1099: 1100-1199: King Henry I of England 1200-1299: 1300-1399: 1400-1499: King Henry V of England 1500-1599: Tycho Brahe 1600-1699: Johannes Kepler 1700-1799: Jonathan Edwards 1800-1899: James Clerk Maxwell 1901-1999: Harry Truman Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on April 18, 2011, 03:54:02 PM 12th Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
15th Vasco de Gama 16th Erasmus 17th J.S. Bach 18th Montesquieu 19th G.W.F. Hegel 20th Henry Ford Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: big bad fab on April 22, 2011, 10:05:40 AM Haven't seen this soon enough...
Is it still time to nominate people ? Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 22, 2011, 10:51:18 AM Is it still time to nominate people ? Sure - nomination for people from the 4th Century on will be added to the future polls. Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: big bad fab on April 22, 2011, 04:43:59 PM 20th: Churchill
19th: Beethoven 18th: Frederick II the Great 17th: Rembrandt 16th: Charles V 15th: Joan of Arc 14th: Wladyslaw II Jagiellon 13th: Alexander Nevsky 12th: Minamoto no Yoritomo 11th: Avicenna 10th: Vladimir I of Kiev 9th: Louis the Pious 8th: Tariq Ibn-Ziyad 7th: Emperor Gaozu of Tang 6th: Aryabhata 5th: Clovis I 4th: Theodosius I Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 23, 2011, 02:32:48 PM 1st Century Results:
St. Paul: 3 (25%) Arminius: 2 (16.7%) Jesus of Nazareth: 6 (50%) Boudica: 1 (8.3%) Jesus of Nazareth is the Atlas Person of the 1st Century! Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 23, 2011, 02:54:58 PM 2nd Century Results
Marcus Aurelius: 0 (0%) Hadrian: 2 (22.2%) Ptolemy: 4 (44.4%) Trajan: 1 (11.1%) Galen: 1 (11.1%) Origen: 0 (0%) Cai Lun: 1 (11.1%) Plutarch: 0 (0%) Ptolemy is the Atlas Person of the 2nd Century! Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 25, 2011, 03:54:54 PM 3rd Century Results
Diocletian: 7 (87.5%) Shapur I: 1 (12.5%) Decius: 0 (0%) Clement of Alexandria: 0 (0%) Caracalla: 0 (0%) Diocletian is the Atlas Person of the 3rd Century Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 26, 2011, 05:26:22 PM 4th Century Results
Constantine the Great: 10 (100%) Fritigern: 0 (0%) Theodosius I: 0 (0%) Augustine of Hippo: 0 (0%) St. Jerome: 0 (0%) Constantine the Great is the Atlas Person of the 4th Century Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 27, 2011, 09:09:01 PM 5th Century Results
Pope Leo the Great: 1 (14.3%) Attila: 3 (42.9%) Alaric: 2 (28.6%) Odoacer: 0 (0%) Clovis I: 1 (14.3%) Saint Patrick: 0 (0%) Attila is the Atlas Person of the 5th Century Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: big bad fab on April 29, 2011, 05:29:31 PM Unfortunately, I'll be without Internet access for one week.
Too bad, these polls are funny. Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 30, 2011, 02:14:37 PM 6th Century Results:
Pope Gregory the Great: 3 (27.3%) Justinian: 8 (72.7%) Aryabhata: 0 (0%) Benedict of Nursia: 0 (0%) Boethius: 0 (0%) Gregory of Tours: 0 (0%) Justinian is the Atlas Person of the 6th Century Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on May 06, 2011, 04:09:00 PM 7th Century Results
Muhammad: 12 (92.3%) Ali: 0 (0%) Emperor Gaozu of Tang: 1 (7.7%) Abu Bakr: 0 (0% Muhammad is the Atlas Person of the 7th Century! Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on May 06, 2011, 04:10:41 PM 8th Century Results
Charlemagne: 7 (53.8%) Harun al-Rashid: 1 (7.7%) Charles Martel: 3 (23.1%) Emperor Leo III of the Byzantine Empire: 2 (15.4%) Tariq Ibn-Ziyad: 0 (0%) Alcuin: 0 (0%) The Venerable Bede: 0 (0%) Charlemagne is the Atlas Person of the 8th Century Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: The Mikado on May 06, 2011, 08:25:37 PM Poor Harun al-Rashid. He's going to have to listen to bedtime stories for another three years to get over the grief. :P
(Yes, I know that he wasn't the Sultan in 1001 Arabian Nights, but he does appear in the book, so close enough) Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: Psychic Octopus on May 09, 2011, 09:00:21 PM 1st Century: Jesus of Nazareth
2nd Century: Ptolemy 3rd Century: Shapur I of Persia 4th Century: Constantine the Great 5th Century: Attila the Hun 6th Century: Mohammad 7th Century: Emperor Taizong of Tang 8th Century: Charlemagne 9th Century: Alfred the Great 10th Century: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor 11th Century: Pope Urban II 12th Century: Genghis Khan 13th Century: Marco Polo 14th Century: Mansa Musa 15th Century: Henry the Navigator 16th Century: Martin Luther 17th Century: Louis XIV of France 18th Century: Adam Smith 19th Century: Karl Marx 20th Century: Woodrow Wilson Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: opebo on May 12, 2011, 03:27:57 AM Damn I thought this thread was going to be about me.
Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: big bad fab on May 25, 2011, 10:40:07 AM Bump !
Title: Re: Atlas Person of the Century: New and Revised Edition Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on May 28, 2011, 11:31:15 PM this was interesting. can we continue?
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