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- From Norse mythology to Christian and Zoroastrian religion, English infighting, Scottish massacres and more, Game of Thrones borrows the most shocking moments in human history, then retrofits them for an epic retelling in the land of Westeros. These are the Top 10 Histories & Myths that Inspired Game of Thrones:
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May 15, 2016 · These are the Top 10 Histories & Myths that Inspired Game of Thrones: 10. Lannisters, Starks, and The Wars of the Roses. The events in Game of Thrones directly follow the deposition of Aerys II Targaryen, the Mad King.
- The War of the Roses. Stark? York? Lannister? Lancaster? Come on people! Surely you can see the connection? Taking place between 1455 and 1485, The War of the Roses was a series of bloody battles over the British throne by rival royal families.
- Hadrian's Wall. George R. R. Martin (GRRM) has admitted that he came up with his giant ice wall creation (imaginatively called ‘The Wall’) while visiting Hadrian's Wall near the Scottish border with England.
- The Roman Empire. But it’s not just that great big wall the Romans constructed that GRRM was inspired by. Various elements of the Roman Empire have seeped into the world of Game of Thrones.
- The Black Dinner. One of the most notorious events in GoT history is the brutal, gruesome ‘Red Wedding’ where King Robb Stark, his wife, Queen Talisa, his mother, Lady Catelyn and many many more were murdered during the marriage of Edmure Tully to Roslin Frey.
Sep 17, 2021 · Let’s explore the real mythology behind The Game of Thrones. War of the Roses. Do you know how the Iliad was inspired? People believed that it was merely a fictional story, set in the Heroic Era where monsters and heroes roamed Greece. Yet, in the late 19th century, archaeologists slowly unearthed the ruins of the fallen city.
- The War of the Roses. To begin with, the main plot of A Song of Ice and Fire is plucked directly from the English War of the Roses. The war was generations-long and fairly complicated (especially since everyone in English history has one of three names), but it boiled down to a fight for the English throne between the Lancasters (Lannisters) and the Yorks (Starks), complete with boy kings, scheming mothers, a duty-bound "hand of the king," and a royal growing up in far off Europe with a claim to the throne (little Daenerys and her jerk brother).
- The Fall of Rome. Before the Targaryens brought their dragons to Fantasy England, they were part of a vast empire over in the Fantasy Mediterranean. Old Valyria bears a striking resemblance to the Roman Empire: both were technically "republics," both empires enslaved people from all across (Fantasy) Europe and the (Fantasy) Middle East, both arose on a peninsula in a warm climate, both built roads and buildings with wildly advanced technology for their time, and both eventually collapsed, leading to centuries of conflict.
- Pompeii and the Pink and White Terraces. In real history, of course, there were a whole mess of different factors that led to the fall of Rome, like invasions and over-reliance on slave labor and too much military spending.
- The Black Dinner and the Massacre of Glencoe. Yes, the Red Wedding is indeed based on a true story — two true stories, to be exact, and both of them in Scotland.
Aug 4, 2015 · One of the oldest empires in the world of Game of Thrones is known as the Ghiscari Empire. It is similar to the North African empires of the ancient world, mainly Egypt and Carthage, as well as the Persian empire. Ghiscari is the oldest known culture in the world just like Egypt was to Europe during the medieval ages.
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Dragons. “St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris. Giraudon/Art Resource, New York. In Game of Thrones Dragons were thought to have been extinct for over a century until Daenerys Targaryen hatched a trio of them in a magical conflagration.
Apr 10, 2019 · In honor of 'Game of Thrones' Season 7, learn about the historical figures that most likely inspired George R. R. Martin's addictive saga and the characters we love today.
