History’s Strangest Ancient Rulers

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Source/Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Blanc_Le_meurtre_de_La%C3%AFus.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Emperor_Commodus_Leaving_the_Arena_at_the_Head_of_the_Gladiators_by_American_muralist_Edwin_Howland_Blashfield_(1848-1936)_01_(cropped).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siemiradski_Fackeln.jpg?uselang=ru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnkhnesmeryreII-and-Son-PepiII-SideView_BrooklynMuseum.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_schmuela_-_IMG_6385.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fly.with.arms.1.jpg
https://blushybabe.com/facts-about-ancient-egypt/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PepiIIPyramid.jpg
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caligula_---_MBALyon2018.jpg
https://www.wannapik.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDgvMjMvM3FxeDdnYW51aV85bXVremNoN2JvX3ZjMDE0Njk1LnBuZyJdXQ/ce5d6ebaf92527dd/9mukzch7bo_vc014695.png
https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554406480l/42644229.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plate_4-_equestrian_statue_of_Caligula,_seen_three-quarters_to_the_left,_wearing_a_winged_helmet_and_holding_double-headed_arrows,_a_military_scene_in_the_background,_from_%27Roman_Emperors_on_Horseback%27_MET_DP877293.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ping_Sien_Si_-_030_Zhou_wang,_King_Zhou_of_Shang_(15513160124).jpg
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/chinese-emperor-built-lake-wine-and-forest-meat-0010076
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhou
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-crazy-chinese-emperor-who-created-the-lake-of-wine-fd607391d6cf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jin_Wu_Di.jpg
https://alchetron.com/Emperor-Wu-of-Jin
http://getfactanswers.com/emperor-wu-the-first-emperor-of-china-visited-his-harem-in-a-goat-cart-whoever-the-goats-stopped-beside-was-chosen-as-his/
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/8ljict/til_emperor_wu_of_jin_china_had_so_many/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_II_siliqua_681331.jpg
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-of-Ephesus
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-madness-of-the-emperor-justin-ii.282008/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iustinus_II_sb0345_(obverse).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tiberius_II.jpg
https://alchetron.com/Crown-Prince-Sado
http://www.historynaked.com/prince-sado-korea-coffin-king/
https://medium.com/@maroger9/prince-sado-psycho-or-victim-16a45787939a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ming_Wuzong.jpg
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhengde
https://historythings.com/historys-nutcases-the-zhengde-emperor/
http://www.mingtombs.eu/emp/10zhengde/zhengde.html
https://www.chinafetching.com/zhengde-emperor-zhu-houzhao
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Herod_Receiving_the_Three_Magi_MET_DP803111.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Herod_(H%C3%A9rode)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Mariamne_Leaving_the_Judgment_Seat_of_Herod.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariamne_I.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariamne_BnF_Fran%C3%A7ais_599_fol._73.jpg
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/c/cf/Commodus_Body-0.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170816013433
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CommodusHeadDetailFrontGetty.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_of_The_Emperor_Commodus_Leaving_the_Arena_at_the_Head_of_the_Gladiators_by_American_muralist_Edwin_Howland_Blashfield_(1848-1936)_02.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speculum_Romanae_Magnificentiae-_Emperor_Commodus_as_Hercules_MET_DP870287.jpg
https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=char-dir&f=commodus
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/mithridates-vi-pontus-poison-king-pontus-and-aggravation-rome-005907
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CoinOfMithVI.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bellum_mithridaticum_87-86aC.png
https://etc.ancient.eu/interviews/the-enigmatic-poison-king-mithradates-vi-of-pontus-120-63-bce/

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