Crazy Rambos: 4 warriors who single-handedly opposed entire armies (5 photos)

“One man is not a warrior” is a saying that is completely inapplicable to these amazing individuals. They lived in different historical eras. Each challenged the whole world and turned his life into a legend. In this article, I picked up 4 mad warriors who went into battle alone against an entire army!





Sempronium Dens



Sempronius served as a centurion in the Praetorian Guard under Roman emperor Servius Galba. In 69 Galba took the fateful decision and appointed his favorite Piso Licinianus as his successor. Mark Oton, having greater political weight, did not appreciate the decisions and organized CONSPIRACY.

15 January Praetorian Guard, Illyrian Legion and Legion Marines approached the forum to overthrow Galba. Support emperor, only one soldier decided - Sempronius. According to Plutarch, at first the centurion appealed to the honor of the guards, and when this did not help, in single-handedly went into battle with an entire legion.

Both Sempronius and Galba did not survive that day. Mark Othon became new emperor. However, the name of the soldier went down in history forever.

Dian Wei



Dian Wei was the main bodyguard of the Chinese commander Cao Cao. In the III century AD. Cao was the de facto ruler of the empire Han, controlling the local emperor like a puppet.

In 197, the commander was invited to the palace of General Zhang Xu, who announced his intention to conclude a political union. Business the meeting turned out to be an ambush. However, Dian Wei managed to bring his master from the palace, and in order to give him time to escape, he took up defensive positions at estate gate.

According to Chinese chronicles, along with a dozen bodyguards Dian Wei was holding back Zhang Xiu's entire army. When his comrades died, he continued to fight alone. With enormous stature and incredible force, the bodyguard knocked down several people at a time with a halberd.

The warrior did not survive the battle. However, Cao managed to escape. IN gratitude for the salvation of the commander gave the bodyguard magnificent funeral and entered it into the history of the country.

Saito no Musashibo Benkei



Benkei is one of the most popular characters in Japanese folklore. Meanwhile, this is a real historical figure who lived in the second half XII century.

According to Japanese history, Benkei was a street child and entered the local monastery. There he was trained in martial arts and 17 years old turned into a two-meter bestial warrior with a nasty character.

He was expelled from the monastery. However, the monk managed to find a place among the bodyguards of the daimyo Minamoto no Yoshitsune (an analogue of the prince). Life at feudalism did not work out. He went to war with Yoritomo's elder brother and lost. In 1189, having closed himself in his estate in the province of Iwate, he performed the seppuku ceremony.

And what about Benkei? At this time, the estate was stormed by troops Yoritomo. Benkei, the only faithful servant, fought at the main gate and gave the owner time to calmly say goodbye to life. According to the legends unable to strike Benkei with a sword, the soldiers simply fired arrows at him. All covered with wounds, the monk died standing, leaning on the naginata.

Anibal Augusto Milhaish



Anibal - Portuguese machine gunner during the First World War wars and national hero. April 9, 1918 in the area of the Lis River in France, a battle took place between the combined forces of the British, French and Portuguese armies against the German Empire. Germans launched an attack and put the allies to flight.

The only person who kept his composure was Anibal, fortified with a machine gun "Lewis" on the Isberg field. Portuguese repelled 2 German attacks, which saved hundreds of lives of randomly retreating comrades.

His actions were so effective that the Germans they thought they were fighting with a well-fortified platoon, and retreated. Anibal survived. For his heroism, his native village was named in his honor, and also awarded a number of national and British orders. Ugric and Turkic peoples. And no wonder: more than a thousand years before his migration to the West, the ancestors of the Hungarians lived in the Urals and the Volga region. What made the ancient people move to Europe, and how they live modern Hungarians? World BC Considered proto-Hungarian community separated from other Ugric peoples in the 7th-6th centuries BC. Then, breaking away from the Khanty and Mansi tribes, part of the Ugrians went to the steppes and startlead a nomadic life...