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    In questo giorno, 222 anni fa, Napoleone Bonaparte fu proclamato Imperatore dei Francesi dal Senato francese.

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    4. im_just_using_logic on

      After the revolution, that was quite a turn of events.

    5. Attack_the_sock on

      “So he too is nothing more than an ordinary man!” -Ludwig van Beethoven

    7. Arquinas on

      I don’t think it can be overstated just how badly the aristocrats of europe shat their pants because of Napoleon.

      For the past 1000 years or so, commoners had fallen in and toiled for their betters. In the past 300 years, kings had legitimized their absolute rule by divine birth right and their noble blood. They were *better* than everyone else. And everyone knew that, even the commoners.

      The french revolution presented an ideological problem: Suddenly the people decided they didn’t want kings. Okay, super bad, but not like all of the aristocracy were onboard with the absolute rule of kings. They wanted power themselves. They were still better, and in the many cases of modern proto-democracies, only landowners and alike could vote anyway.

      Well, here comes a man, a commoner, who can 1v5 half of europe, puts the crown on his own head, declares himself an emperor (something nobody was allowed to do as that title was reserved for the elected holy roman emperor, chosen of the pope) and worst of all, his people absolutely adore him and support him to the extent of self-sacrifice. Most of our modern democratic institutions are to some extent based on napoleonic code. He transformed the political and institutional landscape and did away with the power of the aristocrats, replacing it with a code of legality.

      You can say what you want about Napoleon, but at a time when the alternative was serfdom or for the few lucky western and northern europeans, still being politically sidelined and often oppressed and destitute, it sure as hell didn’t look very bad choice for the common man to follow a dude with a massive ego and lots of cannons.

    9. UseStrange2382 on

      Napoleon reče:

      Ilirija vstan’!

      Ustaja, izdiha:

      Kdo kliče na dan?

      .

      O, vitez dobrotni,

      Kaj ti me budiš!

      Daš roko mogočno,

      Me gori deržiš!

      .

      Kaj bodem ti dala? —

      Pogledam okrog,

      Izločit’ ne morem

      Skor svôjih otrók.

      .

      Kdo najde Metúlo

      In Terpo moj grad?

      Emona, Skardona

      Ste komaj poznat’.

      .

      Nazaj spét junake

      Kdo bode mi dal,

      Ki jih se Spartanski

      Je vojvoda bal?

      .

      Od nekdaj snežniki

      So najina last,

      Od tód se je naša

      Razlegala čast.

      .

      Je Galijan hraber

      Na Padu, pred njim

      Dorašen je trésel

      V ozidju se Rim.

      .

      Že močen na morji

      Ilir’jan je bil,

      K se ladije tesat’

      Je Rimljan učil.

      .

      Počasi pa Rimljan

      Na vojsko ravná,

      Se morja navaja,

      Premaga obá.

      .

      Širôko razgraja

      Per sedem sto lét,

      Al sprave sosédnje

      Ni hotel imet’.

      .

      Od séverja pride

      Nad njega vihár,

      Nevrédne gospóde

      Iz viškiga vdar’.

      .

      Zdaj Branci in Gótje

      In Némci slové,

      Ilir pa v tamníče

      Pozabljene gre.

      .
      Sonc sedem sto dvakrat

      Zaraša ga mah,

      Napoleon trebit’

      Ukaže mu prah.

      .

      Ilirsko me kliče

      Latinec in Grék,

      Slovensko mi prav’jo

      Domači vsi prék.

      .

      Dobrovčan, Kotoran,

      Primorec, Gorénc,

      Pokopjan po starim

      Se zove Slovénc.

      .

      Od perviga tukaj

      Stanuje moj ród,

      Če vé kdo za druj’ga,

      Naj reče, od kód?

      .

      Z Bilipam in Sandram

      So jméli terd boj,

      Latince po môkrim

      Strahval je njih roj.

      .

      Zveličana bódem,

      Zaupati smém,

      Godí se eno čudo,

      Naprej ga povém.

      .

      Duh stopa v Slovence

      Napoleonov,

      En zarod poganja

      Prerojen, ves nov.

      .

      Operto desníco

      Na Galijo jmam,

      Levíco pa Grékam

      Prijazno podam.

      .

      Na Grecije čelu

      Korinto stojí,

      Ilirija v sercu

      Evrópe leží.

      .

      Korintu so rekli:

      Helensko okó;

      Ilirija perstan

      Evropini bo.

    12. WatisaWatdoyouknow on

      Proclaimed himself. The difference mattered to him

    13. Sircamembert on

      Kinda funny how the French Revolution somehow ended with a guy wearing a crown again. Sure, the guy was one of the most influential historical figures in Europe, but you’d think the whole Republic thing would’ve lasted a bit longer after all that bloodshed.

    14. Ok-Resource-3232 on

      Call him a dictator, but he was one of the better ones and changed some things to the better.

    16. Cadderep on

      2026 et il y a encore des blaireaux qui, frustrés de leur petite vie médiocre et insignifiante, adulent un dictateur notoire.

    17. KadmonX on

      The season of Napoleon’s fans and haters is officially open. More than 200 years have passed, yet humanity still cannot calmly assess his contribution to history. Every time he is mentioned, his haters and fans clash in endless battles!

    18. Geschlechtslos on

      **War of the First Coalition**

      It was a pre-emptive war started by France révolutionnaire against its hostile monarchist neighbours, who would have invaded sooner or later to restore the française monarchy.

      **Invasion of Eyālet-i Mıṣr**

      It was invaded by France révolutionnaire for strategic reasons, to weaken the British by denying it a shorter route for communication & trade with its eastern colonies.

      **War of the Second Coalition**

      It was started by the British Empire, [not] Heiliges [not] Römisches [nor] Reich & Rossíyskaya Impériya.

      **War of the Third Coalition**

      It was started by the British Empire.

      **War of the Fourth Coalition**

      It was started by the Königreich Preußen.

      **Invasion of Portugal**

      Napoléon with the support of the Reino de España, invaded because of its refusal to join the Continental System and close relationship with the British.

      **Invasion of the Reino de España**

      Napoléon invaded it for strategic reasons, and he also viewed it as corrupt & regressive, where the Enlightenment failed to take hold because of the Inquisición Española, which he abolished.

      **War of the Fifth Coalition**

      It was started by the Kaiserthum Österreich.

      **Invasion of Rossíyskaya Impériya and the War of the Sixth Coalition**

      Napoléon invaded Rossiya to force it to rejoin the Continental System.

      **War of the Seventh Coalition**

      It was started by the Congress of Vienna after learning of Napoléon’s return from exile.

    19. Areshian on

      Love him or hate him, it’s undeniable he was impressive. I don’t see the appeal on blindly follow a “strong man”, but I can understand how people chose to follow him. What boggles my mind is the kind of “strong men” people follow nowadays

    20. DigitalAscension on

      I will conquer all, I will rule you
      I’ll bring triumph or fall, I will defend you
      I’ll make cannons roar, I’ll defeat you
      I’ll win, the war, I will destroy you

    22. Schneidzeug on

      Beethoven: fuck this guy!

      Also all those Karl der Große replicas they used. LoL

    23. Spectanda_Fides on

      He was adored and then despised by his people, before becoming a historical legend. There is no doubt that he was indeed the emperor of the French.

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