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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gary Waddingham, post: 3558632, member: 73648&quot;]Here is one of my coins of Mircea the Elder.&nbsp; Vlad&#039;s brother Radu, was quite handsome and was taken by Mehmed II (who conquered Constantinople in 1453) for his harem which traditionally contained a few pretty boys in addition to women.&nbsp; Radu was not happy with the sultan&#039;s advances and climbed a pear tree where he through pears at him.&nbsp; The story goes that he was so handsome Mehmet forgave him.&nbsp; Mehmed II was 21 when he conquered Constantinople which begins what we call the modern period.&nbsp; Vlad&#039;s atrocities are far worse than most imagine and I prefer not to share all of them.&nbsp; When Mehmet came to Eastern[ATTACH=full]946029[/ATTACH] Europe from Constantinople to put Mehmed in line he and his troops encountered his own Turkish officials in their official vestments impaled along the way, some still not yet dead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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