Six(hundred) Degrees of (Historical) Separation

[r4pt0r]

There is a theory, called "Six degrees of separation", that states that any two people can be connected by a chain of less than six people. Basically, "I know a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy, who knows Bill Gates". Something to that effect. This game thread has a similar purpose, but will take many more than six links.

Our goal is to connect Julius Caesar to Queen Victoria

RULES:

-Must be confirmed historical figures.

-When you add a new link, they must have really met in person at some point (for example Socrates met Plato, as he was Plato's teacher).

-So being related doesnt matter if they were never alive at the same time and so never met.

-Feel free to use any sources you need, provided they aren't blatantly false.

-Ideally your link will move our chronology closer to the present day, not farther backwards.

-Feel free to use lines of succession, marriages, easy stuff like that to advance the game.

-Also if a person is know by multiple names, include a few if you want (Alexander III of Macedon also called Alexander the Great) as long as its clear who you are talking about.

-If there is a ninja post then edit it or if its not noticed by its poster, work off the oldest post of the two.

I will start.

Julius Caesar was friends with Gaius Octavius(later known as Augustus Caesar)

Edited November 27, 2014 by r4pt0r

[r4pt0r]

Augustus Caesar Married Livia Drusilla

(Just posting again to show exactly what im lookng for here)

[kerbiloid]

Kim Jong-Un http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un

--(grandson to)

--Kim Il-Sung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il-sung

---- ("and Beria met Kim several times")

---- Lavrentiy Beria

------ (subordinated to)

------Josef Stalin

-------- (met in Moscow,1934 with)

-------- Herbert G.Wells http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

------------ (Fabian Society)

------------ Bertrand Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell

-------- (co-operative political activity)

--------Vladimir Lenin

------------ (met in Moscow,1920 with)

------------ Bertrand Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell

Anyway

Bertrand Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell

-- (grandson to)

-- John Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell

---- (prime minister to/of/don't-know-how-is-correct)

----Queen Victoria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

So, now you would build a chain from Julius Caesar IVLIVS CAESAR to Queen Victoria.

Edited November 27, 2014 by kerbiloid

[r4pt0r]

very well i shall change the goal to Queen Victoria lol. but try not to work backwards, but to start from way back and advance forwards haha. nice work though. I thought for sure we would have to go to Dennis Rodman to get to Kim Jong-un ;P

[kerbiloid]

Octavianus

Long list of Roman Emperors till Romulus Augustulus, through Constantine I, as they have either met -ne another, or there were patricians who met them both

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors

--Romulus Augustulus

---- Flavius Odoacer. (Met Romulus Augustulus, he-he.)

---- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odoacer

------- Long list of Kings of Italy (see above about Roman Emperors)

------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Italy

--------- Carolingians

--------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_dynasty

----------- Long list of Roman Popes

----------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes

-- Long lists of Byzantine Emperors and Patriarchs

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ecumenical_Patriarchs_of_Constantinople

---- Long list of Roman Popes

---- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes

So, one of Popes (don't know exactly which one, but of course at least one of them)

-- Queen Victoria

[r4pt0r]

ok game complete then. fun time.