- Bet you thought the movie, "300" was just a movie.
Nope, they were kicking all kinds of people into pits.
History has shown us many badass warriors
who have dedicated their lives to taking names
and kicking ass.
But there were some in particular
who went down in the history books for their strength,
courage and skill set in battle, and they were not all men.
The type of lethal killers, that if you tried to outrun them
you would only die tired.
These are ten badass warriors from ancient times.
Number one is William Wallace.
William Wallace was a hardcore, 13th century freedom fighter
who served as a central figure in the first Scottish War
of Independence.
Although his actual birthdate is unknown, many historians
have settled on the year 1270.
What they know for sure is that he was a giant man
standing over 2 meters in height who wielded a
72-inch long claymore in battle (yells)
He was also skilled with a massive bow and arrow.
Yeah, not the kind of guy you would wanna poke fun at
for wearing a kilt.
After William killed five British soldiers who had
pissed him off by demanding the fish he had just caught,
his girlfriend was executed, which was a pretty bad idea
because Wallace went blood-drunk on killing
British soldiers for eight years.
He was finally captured in 1305 and given an
execution that was much more gruesome than what was depicted
in the 1995 film, Braveheart.
"They can take our heads but they'll never take our freedom"
Oh yeah, no, they decapitated him, okay, yep, I'm out.
Number two is Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun offered his loyal services as military general
to warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Again, birth year unknown, the man became a legend
when during a battle in the year 190, he was hit by
a stray arrow and lost (clicks) his left eye.
In front of amazed soldiers and enemies alike,
he pulled the arrow out and devoured his own eyeball.
They need to feed the men better in the trenches.
Following this incident, enemy armies across China
were afflicted by fear of Blind Xiahou, The One-Eyed Warrior
He later died in the year 220 AD after another 20-plus years
of bloody battle.
Never once allowing his lack of vision to hold him back
on kicking butt and taking names.
"Hey, you, let's fight!"
"You sure about that, boy?"
Number three is Spartacus.
Born in the year 111 BC, Spartacus was a soldier
from Thrace, who served in the Roman Army's Auxiliary Forces
early in his life.
He later attempted to flee from the army and was labeled
a deserter and sold into slavery.
He was then trained in a gladiator school
where he was in the heavyweight category and
fought with an oblong shield and a sword with a broad,
straight blade of 18 inches.
Eventually, he got fed up killing for sport
and broke free from his prison.
He then set up a gladiator army and kicked Roman ass
for three years before he, himself, was finally killed.
For a long while, he was literally
the most feared man alive.
"Are you not entertained?
"Well, I guess they're not entertained anymore.
"I'm done."
Number four is Leonidas of Sparta.
Leonidas of Sparta, the Greek warrior king, born in 540 BC.
Leonidas went through the rigorous training regime
mandatory of all male Spartan citizens,
which included brutal battles and hunting of vicious animals
When the Persian Empire set their sights on the city-state
of Sparta, Leonidas met them at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Now, he could have brought the entire 7,000-strong
Sparta army, but instead, made the battle a personal one
with the help of his 299 closest friends.
The film, "300" is actually pretty accurate in how badass
this dude was.
And yes, when Xerxes told him that his arrows
would block out the sun, Leonidas actually replied,
"Then we will fight in the shade."
Against as many as 300,000 Persian warriors,
Leonidas and his men held their own for three days
until he was finally killed.
At the time of his death, he was actually 60 years old,
which makes him even more badass.
When I'm 60, I just hope I don't break a hip,
let alone, able to fight.
Number five is Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was the invincible warrior from
the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China,
and one of the most feared and powerful warriors
in the history of the world.
Renown throughout all of China, Lu Bu was a massive man
who possessed immense strength.
He also possessed a mastery of archery
and horsemanship, and on top of all of this,
he was brilliant in hand-to-hand combat.
He was also a man who had a problem with authority
having chopped off the head of his own adopted father.
Well, every family has their troubles.
He later went on to kill two warlords,
Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, who he was actually working under.
He then travelled China, looking over his shoulder
for nearly a decade, fighting in almost any battle
that he could get involved in, but his lack of loyalty,
morals, and ethics would ultimately lead to his execution
at the hands of Cao Cao.
Another warlord who liked his head on his shoulders.
Number six is Yue Fei.
Yue Fei was born in 1103 to a poor farming family
in China's Henan province who would later become
a warrior legend and the icon of patriotism
in Chinese culture.
Throughout his youth, he trained relentlessly,
mastering the 18 weapons of war
which include swords, axes, hammers, spears
and even the trident.
He also studied marial arts and was a master archer.
This all came very much in handy when he signed up to fight
for the Song Imperial Army at the age of only 18.
He rose through the ranks fighting in 126 battles
never losing once.
He's basically, the Luke Skywalker for the Chinese,
but the real deal, and his ass-kicking abilities are still
studied and taught to this day.
"Use the force, Yue Fei, oh okay, or just stab him.
"Stab the guy, that works too.
"(clears throat) Good job."
Number seven is Attila the Hun.
Attila was the great unifier of many Nomadic Hun tribes
during his rule from 434 till his death in 453.
A man so renowned for his blood-lust, ruthlessness,
and determination, and mercilessness, unstoppable
ass-kicking powers that his enemies across Europe
simply referred to him with the nickname,
"The Scourge of God".
Attila's army mercilessly stopped across the Balkans
and much of present-day Europe, on horseback,
with bow and arrows erasing many cities and towns
from existence.
His armies finally reached the gates of Rome
and he is credited for doing his part in bringing about
the fall of the once mighty Roman Empire.
"Yo, Caesar!
"Yo, what's up, man?
"You gonna die, but you know, I'm gonna let you
"keep your name for your salads, because they good.
"Okay, okay, here we come, you die now."
Number eight is Khalid Abn Al-Walid.
Khalid was born in 584 and dubbed
The Sword of Islam.
He was the military mind behind the Islamic Conquest
of Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, and Syria during the
Caliphrates of Abu Bakr in Omar.
This man was so hardcore that he and his army
would ride through the desert on camels,
kill them and drink the water out of their humps
and then continue on foot so they could attack
towns and armies by surprise.
The man would go through several swords while in combat
because he would literally break them on his enemies' heads.
Eventually, he became so powerful that he began taking
attention away from his Islamic God, Allah,
and was forced into retirement.
Being the badass warrior that he was,
he then signed up as a foot-soldier in the army
and fought for the rest of his life.
He finally died at the age of 58, bitter that his life
was never taken in battle.
Well, you can't always die from what your job is, man.
I mean, there's no YouTube video that's gonna take my life,
is there?
(eerie music)
Number nine is Alexander the Great.
Born in 356BC, there's a reason that King Alexander the 3rd
of Macedon has "Great" in his title.
Though he died at the age of 33, the famous Greek king
managed to conquer every major kingdom known at that time
including Persia, Syria, Judea, Egypt and even Mesopotamia.
And that's just to name a few.
In his career, he never once lost a battle
even though he was typically outnumbered.
Although he fought on the front line each and every time,
and although he was short in stature, he certainly knew
how to handle his horse and sword.
In the end, it was a night of drinking that did him in
of all things, likely due to poisoning by someone who
didn't think that he was such a "great" guy.
Well, if he died of drink, you've gotta pour one out
for the homies.
I have to clean this up.
And number ten is Gengis Khan.
Gengis Khan, also known as Mongol Destroyer, or Holy Warrior
was a warlord, leader and conqueror who's success
is unparalleled in history.
Born in 1162, Gengis Khan assembled the Mongolian Empire,
the greatest empire of all time, and led
his armored soldiers from Japan to Iran, leaving behind an
estimated death toll in the tens of millions.
The only thing that he seemed to love more than killing
was lovemaking.
The man had several wives and thousands of partners.
So much so, that a study conducted by the American Journal
of Human Genetics suggested that as much as 8%
of the Asian population and 0.5% of the global population
are descendants of this war machine.
Well, I'm surprised he didn't also get the nickname
of "Rabbit", because this dude liked to fu--
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