Extreme Stories of Revenge from History

today we're going over the most brutal stories of Revenge in human history number one Olga and the drans we're starting this list with quite possibly one of the greatest ride or die stories in human history when Olga of Kiev LED one of the most terrifying and calculated tours of Revenge following the brutal execution of her husband it's the year 945 and Prince eigor is ruling over Kiev and Rose an Empire that once stretched over modern-day Ukraine Bulgaria and a bit of Russia to his West Liv the drans a tribe who actually kind of hated the

Kiev and Rose but occasionally fought alongside them against the Byzantine Empire when Igor's father Oleg dies in 912 the dran see it as an opportunity to finally stop paying their tribute AKA their forced protection money to these in Kiev eigor patiently waits for his money for 33 years until finally deciding you know what 34 years would be just too long and personally travels to the dran capital city of Kosten to collect his money himself self he rode into the city with a large army and demanded tribute which the drans begrudgingly paid and that should have

been the end of it and eigor should have gone on to live a long happy life but on his ride home he feels the tribute was just a little too small so he turns around with a few of his men and heads back to Kosten to demand more when eigor arrives back at the city and begins shouting his demands the drans surprisingly do not like this and immediately kill his men eigor was saved for an extra horrific execution the drans bent two birch trees toward each other and tied one of Igor's legs to each tree

Once Igor's legs were fastened they cut the supports and the trees snapped back to their original form ripping eigor into two pieces the dran ruler Prince Mal was now feeling pretty good about himself and set his sights on taking over the larger Empire by marrying Igor's Widow Olga and this is where things all went downhill for the drans because Olga she was the wrong person to mess with Prince sends 20 of his best ambassadors to Kiev to inform Olga what had happened to her husband and to propose that she marry him to combine their territory

surprisingly she seems to take this news well and tells the messengers that they should go back to their boat to rest for now and that tomorrow her men would bring them back to the city to get her the next morning Olga's men walk down to the shore to get the ambassadors but instead of just leading them into the city they pick up their entire boat with all 20 men still in it the ambassadors are blown away by this hospitality what service they're being treated like royalty until the ride suddenly got really bumpy see all through

the night Olga had her men digging a huge trench and when her men arrived with the dran ambassadors she ordered them to dump the boat and all the men on board into this huge hole she then orders them to bury these Messengers alive the drans can do nothing as dirt is slowly piled on them and soon they're buried alive but Olga was just getting started she then sends her own Messengers to ciston to ask Prince Mal to send his most distinguished men to Kiev to escort his soon Tobe bride the drans not knowing what happened

to the first group comply and send a party of Lords and powerful men as escorts when they arrive in Kiev Ola tells these distinguished guests to relax in a bath house her men had prepared and that she would meet with them after theyve freshened up her men lead the dran Nobles to the bath house and once they in her men locked the doors and set the bath house and all the men inside on fire all get then sends more Messengers to ciston asking Prince Mal to prepare for her arrival she has one request she wants

a feast to mourn her late husband before the marriage the drans again not really knowing what's going on in Kiev prepare a grand Feast for Olga she arrives the Party begins and she encourages the drans to drink and mourn with her they do and by the end of the night the drans are all properly hammered Ola then orders her men to begin killing the now drunk and defenseless drans surprise her men were sandbagging their drinks the whole night and were Stone Cold Sober historians say Olga was seen cheering her men on as they went around

slaughtering thousands of drans including Prince Mal himself Olga then returned to Kiev to raise an army to finish them off once and for all the drans finally catch the hint that Olga maybe wasn't too fond of them when she returned to ceston with a massive Army and began a Siege on the city for over a year the citizens of cstan suffered with little food or supplies until finally Olga sends a message saying saying basically if you just pay your tribute this can all be over having been already fooled three times and not really wanting to

be Fooled Again the drans say they will pay the tribute but are scared that Olga will still kill them she responds and was like oh I know I got a little crazy there after eigor but it's fine now just send me three pigeons and three sparrows from each house and I'll go away the drans think this is a weird request but are so relieved that their nightmare is finally coming to an end that they quickly go out and find the bird to give her that night Olga has her men tie a small piece of sulfur

bundled in cloth to each Bird's leg they set fire to the cloth and release the birds into the night Olga and her men watch a thousand tiny Embers fly off into the distance and the birds go straight to their nests built on buildings in ciston within hours the entire city is a fiery hellscape Olga watched the city burn to the ground and later claimed all dran territory for herself so yeah they really should have just paid the tribute number two Caesar and the Pirates this next story is one where I actually feel kind of a

little sorry for the would be bad guys it's the year 75 BCE and a 25-year-old Roman nobleman named Julius Caesar was sailing the agnc heading to roads along the way his ship is boarded by Sicilian Pirates and Julius is taken captive now becoming a hostage is usually a terrifying situation for most people but in this case I think the Pirates knew right from the start they might have made a huge mistake the Pirates take a look at Caesar with his fancy clothes and Entourage and realize he's probably somebody important so they set a ransom for

20 talents worth around $2 million today give or take a million when Caesar hears this number he's offended and demands that they up the ransom to 50 talents he sends his Entourage to gather the money to buy his freedom and he would remain as the Pirates hostage until they came back with the money the Pirates then sail off with Caesar and just a few of his men to their Island hideout now aboard the pirate ship Caesar simply refuses to be a prisoner in fact the entire time he's held hostage he acts as if they were

all on his ship and these Pirates are his men he freely walks around the ship eats with the Pirates joins in on their games and even exercises with them he shushes them to be quiet when they're being noisy and every day he forces them to listen to the speeches and poems he's working on and that is why the Senate's power is but an illusion maintained merely by tradition and weak men Rome needs is a leader who can see beyond Petty politics and guide her to True greatness perhaps even by force if necessary you guys are

all fuing idiots aren't you the Pirates were confused as they never had a prisoner behave in such a strange way but they put up with Caesar because he was kind of charismatic and he was also kind of their ticket to a huge payday it's also worth mentioning that throughout his time as a hostage Caesar would joke that one day he would crucify them all for this once you guys let me go I'm going to find you guys and crucify every single one of you I'm totally serious you're all going to be so sorry 38 days

later Caesar's Men return with the 50 talents and Caesar is set free the Pirates sail back to their Island base with their huge jackpot to get drunk having achieved Financial Independence Caesar however did no such relaxing and immediately he goes out raises a small army and sails right back to the Pirates Island he takes back the 50 talents his men had just given them for the ransom and captures every single one of the Pirates who held him captive Caesar then crucified all of them just like he promised to Caesar's credit he actually did grow a

little fond of these Pirates so he slit their throats first to prevent them from suffering for a long time what a nice guy number three the 47 Ronin we go from Pirates Who were too dumb to know what was coming to a story of extreme loyalty when 47 Samurai patiently waited for 2 years to avenge the death of their fallen Master this Story begins in 1701 with two young damoo named kame and aano and a man named Kira a member of the shogun's Court tasked with instructing the two young Lords in proper etiquette now Kira

he was a giant douchebag but because he was close to the Shogun he basically could get away with anything The Story Goes that when kame and asano traveled to Edo the two young Lords brought gifts AKA bribes that Kira felt were not big enough so Kira pretty much spends every day calling them names and overall being a giant both young Lords were not used to being treated so poorly but asano does his best to maintain his composure kame on the other hand can't take it and decides to assassinate Kira himself his counselors catch wind of

this plan and behind K's back pay Kira a huge bribe for him to stop with this Kira unknowingly saves his own life and he begins to treat kame much better asano on the other hand never got the memo about the bribe thing and so Kira now left with only one target ramped up his insults in his Direction one fateful day while walking together in Edo Castle Kira is still running his mouth calling asano a country hick with no manners asano finally snaps he pulls out a knife and slashes AK Kira trying to shut him up

for good but he only manages to cut Kira's face before he's quickly stopped by Castle guards drawing a weapon within Edo Castle was a serious crime and asano is quickly arrested his lands are seized and he's ordered to commit sepu the Samurai's bloody ritual of disembowelment back in his domain aso's family loses everything and his Samurai now masterless are left to find their way as Ronin Kira receives no punishment and gets off nearly scot-free with just a scar on his face now kirao was a prick but he was no idiot he knew that asano had

very loyal Samurai who would probably try to defend the honor of their fallen Lord so he hires extra security and sends out spies and ninjas to track every move of the now masterless Samurai over the next year asano men seemed to move on with their lives the best they could in this period of Peace there wasn't much demand for Samurai so they took up normal jobs they became Carpenters blacksmiths and Merchants the leader of aso's men aishi seemed to take the Fall From Grace exceptionally hard and he began drinking heavily and visiting brothels in Kyoto

he even divorces his wife and sends his family away so he could be miserable alone another year passes and much to cure his relief none of aso's men seem to be interested in Revenge he reduces the number of guards at his home and assumes he's in the clear but it turns out Kira was dead wrong as in the darkness of night on January 31st 1703 47 of aso's former Samurai quietly surround His home in Edo aso's men had in fact not moved on for 2 years they had been secretly plotting their revenge against Kira and

crafted an elaborate plan to defend the honor of their fallen Master going their separate ways taking up normal jobs even Oishi the actual leader of the group acting like a drunk was all part of an elaborate multi-year plan to fool Kira into letting his guard down the group had stay in contact ATT the whole time through coded messages and every detail of the night was planned and accounted for before the attack the Ronin visit Kira's neighbors and tell them they're not burglars simply Samurai seeking to defend the honor of their fallen Lord there would be

no danger for anyone else unsurprisingly all of Kira's neighbors hated him too and no one did anything to stop them the Ronin take out the perimeter guards and aishi sends archers to climb on Akira's roof as Lookouts with everything in place the assault begins Oishi beats a drum to to Signal his men to attack and a group under his command stormed the front of the house while another group led by his 16-year-old son stormed the rear oishi's son breaks through first but is quickly joined by oishi's group the house erupts into a bloody battle with

the Ronin cutting down Kira's guards left and right Kira men soon realize they're no match for these Samurai and they try to send Messengers to the Shogun but anyone who leaves the house is quickly shot down by the archers on the roof the Ronin subdue 38 men who are now either dead or seriously injured but Kira himself is nowhere to be found all hope seemed lost until they check his bed it's still warm meaning Kira couldn't have gotten far the men continue to search until they find a secret passage behind a scroll that leads outside

inside a small Storehouse in the courtyard the Ronin find a man cowering in the corner with a small dagger who attacks them the samurai quickly capture this man and call for Oishi who using the light of a lantern finally seized the scar that asano had left on Kira's head 2 years ago confirming this man's identity Oishi bends down to his knees and respectfully tells Kira that they're simply Samurai who were fulfilling their duties to their Master he explains that they'll allow him an honorable death by sepu and hence Kira the same dagger their fallen Lord

asano had used to do the same Kira just sits there trembling and no matter how nicely Oishi asks him to get it over with he does nothing eventually realizing this was taking way too long Oishi grabs the dagger and cuts off Kira's head himself and as the sun rises the Ronin begin the six-mile Journey with Kira's head to the tomb of their Master at sengakuji Temple along the way word quickly spreads through the city of what had just happened and many towns folk who are just waking up begin running outside cheering for the Samurai and

offering them gifts and food as they pass the sleepless Ronin arrive at the temple and present Kira's head and aso's Dagger before their Master's tomb fulfilling their final duty of Defending his honor they then turned themselves into authorities knowing that the crimes they had committed would ultimately lead to their executions as well the Shogun was now caught in a sticky situation these Ronin were criminals as they basically went on a murder Rampage to kill one of his men but they were also following the code of Bushido and defending the honor of their Master he ultimately

decides that while the men needed to be punished they could do so with dignity and he allowed the Ronin to commit sepu a more honorable death the Ronin were then interred in Graves surrounding their Master which can still be visited today number four chingis Khan and the ques Empire this last story is probably History's Greatest example of around and find out and like most things involving jingis Khan the death toll in this Revenge story is crazy so let's get right into it in 1218 chingis Khan sends a caravan of 450 merchants and Traders to the

quermian city of ultar hoping to expand his Trade Network to the West the merchants arrive and are immediately executed by the governor of the city a man named en aluk who then steals all of the goods brought by the merchants and sells them to members of High Society in the city of bukara one camel driver from the Caravan manages to escape and he returns to Mongolia to tell chingis what had happened pissed off but trying to keep us cool chenis sends another small group of diplomats one Muslim and two Mongolians to the Sha Muhammad himself

the ruler of the quesan Empire to negotiate peace all the Sha has to do is let them take an aluk back to Mongolia for punishment and everything would be all good but instead of giving up in aluk the Sha Uno reverses the envoy and kills the Muslim Diplomat he then shaves the beard of the Mongolians which was the ultimate form of disrespect in their culture and sends them back to chenis okay let's see around check now it's time to find out chenis is now Furious and he quickly raises an army of 200,000 men to crush

quesia they're not messing around and the Mongolians attack multiple cities at once two of changes' sons chagatai and ogai lead a Siege on otar to capture an aluk and shingus personally goes to bukara to punish those who had taken his Goods the Mongols use new Siege weapons they collected in China and soon the walls of bukara are destroyed and changus rides Into the Heart of the City shenis loudly proclaims to the citizens that he was sent by God as punishment for their sins he then orders his men to slaughter everyone in the city Only sparing

Artisans and Craftsmen which he took as slaves and young able-bodied men which he took as human shields for further battles meanwhile his sons were busy at work trying to crack otar after 5 months of suffering a general within the city realizes it's hopeless and decides to defect with a few thousand of his men and join the Mongols he opens the city Gates and rushes to join his new Mongolian Brothers but it turns out the Mongols don't really like traitors no matter which side they're on and they kill the general and his men themselves with the

gates wide open they ride into otar and capture an aluk who fights to the end even throwing bricks and roof tiles as a desperate last attempt when he runs out of weapons some stories say that achuk was brought to chenis and as punishment for his greed he had his men pour molten silver into auk's eyes and ears after this chingis and his forces went on to destroy every city in the quesan Empire sha Muhammad spends the rest of his life running from the Mongols until he dies of pneumonia on a tiny island in the Caspian

Sea at the end of this revenge tour the quesan empire was gone and chenis had massacred an estimated 15 million people to put it in perspective that's about the population of New York City Los Angeles and Chicago combined