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Ruins of Poenari Castle, the scene of a popular tale about Vlad Vlad the Impaler and the Turkish envoys, painting by Theodor Aman. The Cantacuzino Chronicle was the first Romanian historical work to record a tale about Vlad the Impaler, narrating the impalement of the old boyars of Târgoviște for the murder of his brother, Dan. [179]
During the 15th century, Vlad III ("Dracula"), Prince of Wallachia, is credited as the first notable figure to prefer this method of execution during the late medieval period, [80] and became so notorious for its liberal employment that among his several nicknames he was known as "Vlad the Impaler". [81]
The trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were held on 25 December 1989 in Târgoviște, Romania. [1] The trial was conducted by an Extraordinary Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front.
Two statutes dealing with war crimes were passed in 1945; the following year, Antonescu and three of his followers were executed by firing squad. [13] According to the military archives, between 1949 and 1963, largely corresponding with the rule of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, 260 people were executed in Romania, [13] including Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Eugen Ţurcanu, the Ioanid Gang, Oliviu ...
No wonder he was the inspiration for Dracula.
Ottoman attempts to subdue Vlad militarily proved a failure, but his cruelty, which had terrorized his enemies, proved to be his undoing. When Mehmed offered the populace the choice of Vlad or his brother Radu, the populace chose Radu and soon Vlad was again an exile on the run. An attempt to return a few years afterwards ended in his death in ...
Vlad, seeing that he could not prevent the crossing, withdrew. After that the emperor crossed the Danube with his entire army and gave us 30,000 coins to be distributed among us. The Ottoman army managed to advance as Vlad Țepeș instituted a policy of scorched earth , poisoned the waters, and also created marshes by diverting the waters of ...
If Vlad III had been vegan or vegetarian, it may not have been an ethical choice, scientists say Vlad the Impaler’s letters suggest iconic inspiration behind Dracula may have been vegan Skip to ...