MY 10 FAVORITE AUTOCRATS

(in alphabetical order)

1.) Akhenaten, aka Amenhotep IV (1352 – 1336 BC)
2.) Alexander The Great (356 – 323 BC)
3.) Queen Boudicca of the Iceni, aka Boadicea (died 61 AD?)
4.) Emperor Claudius (but only as fancifully depicted in the BBC mini-series “I, Claudius”)
5.) Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603 AD)
6.) The God Emperor, Leto II (from the book “God Emperor of Dune” by Frank Herbert)
7.) Henry II of England (1133 – 1189 AD)
8.) King Lear (from the play “The Tragedy of King Lear” by Shake-speare)
9.) Sauron (from the book “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien)
10.) Prince Vlad III Dracula, aka Vlad Tepes, aka Vlad the Impaler (1431 – 1476 AD)