One word. Vanity. Hubris.He was obsessed with leaving his legacy and being remembered across his empire.In times before people invented the idea of an afterlife, they could live on in people's memories - if people remembered them. Everyone remembered Achilles, even though he was a callous murderer, because the bards sang of him. So self-important people tried to be remembered. Alexander's naming of over 30 cities Alexandria after himself reflected this. He even named a city after his trusty horse Bucephalus to keep his name alive, and similarly favoured some of his generals.
You have to understand that a person who was alive in the revolution would be over 200 years old. No one is 200+ years old. The best a person can live is a 100+, but the average age of men to live is 72 years old and for women is 84 years old.
Adam. God created him on the 6th day of "Creation week." Then God pulled out one of Adam's ribs and created Eve.
Captain Arthur Phillip is remembered as the First Governor of the colony of New South Wales, and captain of the First Fleet of convicts to arrive on Australia's shores. He is remembered as being the one whose practical ideas helped the colony survive during the early years, even though it was threatened by starvation.
The only President to allow the dropping of a nuclear device on humans.
Joe biden
Posterity is a word that derives from Latin, meaning the descendant of one or all future generations. It is most often used in the exclamation, "For posterity's sake!"
Narmer is most remembered for bring together 2 kingdoms and ruling one of the biggest land areas ruled by a single person
It is subjective to determine the cleanest person alive. Cleanliness standards vary among individuals and cultures.
NO ONE KNOWS LOL
because she is a very famous person. she is the one who is friends with martin Luther king Jr.
Yes of course! No. One of the prerequisites of being a vampire is that the person be dead.
only one other person was alive at the time, so one
Demosthenes is remembered as one of the Great Greek for his oratorical speeches
The cast of One Who Remembered - 1910 includes: Fred Rains
The world thought very greatly of Marilyn Monroe as a actress, she is even talked and her movies seen today as if she is very much alive. I saw one today SOME LIKE IT HOT. Others stars will not be remembered the same way when they die this way. Elvis Pressley is another one remembered today.
There were lots of people alive at that time, not just one.