Hmmmm. Crasus (i.e. richest man in history, and the guy that basically owned the senate before Pompii and Cesaer rose to power) underestimated the parthians during a battle and thought of them as weak minded savages. Of course he got his ass beat and taken prisoner during the fighting, then upon realizing who he was, for stories of his greed were known throughout the world, they poured molten gold down his throat. Visery`s underestimates Drogo`s peeps, and thought of them as weak minded savages, and tried to start crap with them, only to get gold poured on his head. I wonder if Crasus`s death inspired Visery`s. Oh and as someone pointed ut above me, Edward the Longshanks is very similar to Tywin. On an interesting not, apparently Edward was only friendly to one person during his adult life, his wife. But she died of sadness after hearing of the atrocities he had commited on the Welsh when they were revolting. Edward had pallbearers carry her coffin back to her home, and every time they stopped he had a silver cross erected on the spot. They say he lost the last of his soul after that, and his eyes looked like those of a greek statue.
