Who are some figures in history that were barely noticed or even reviled during their own time, but are now recognized as great in some capacity?
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>>350771
>hey pope could you send me a couple of men? I need some guards on the borders with the moahmettans.
>>350741
Gutenberg Initiated the third revolution of media after the invention of language and complex writing systems. Nobody could've known back then
>>350741
Vlad III, Nietzsche
Mostly artists, writers, and philosophers will fall into this category.
Kafka, van Gogh, Nietzsche spring to mind
>>350809
Neitzsche was a head professor of philosophy IIRC
>>350826
so were lots of people
>>350826
You mean philology.
>>350934
I do think that though.
>>350942
Then you just have plebian tastes
>>350741
The only people who hated Caesar during his lifetime were a portion of the Senate