Fatal Stabs: Strategic blunders that rewrote history 

Today we are looking at historic stabbings that have backfired greatly. It's best to watch your back Attila Huns invaded Western Europe in the fifth century BC and plundered what is now France.

 But the incursion was halted by an alliance led by Roman general Flavius Attius in the Battle of the Catalan fields. We imagine that Flavius was hoping for praise or something. But instead, his excellent service was rewarded by being beaten by Emperor Valentinian III. 

Believing that Attios intended to put his son on the throne instead of the firstborn Valentinian. The emperor accused the general of trumped-up charges of drunkenness and disobedience and then took care of him. According to one of the sources after Valentinian finished the act, one of the courtiers said, you cut off your right hand with your left, like putting an evil dead.

 The ominous prediction by the surprisingly eloquent adviser was correct. Less than six months later, two of Attius' subordinates avenged Valentinian's murder of the emperor in downtown in broad daylight without any of the nearby guards attempting

Not content with uniting Japan under his banner, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched a daring attempt to become emperor of China starting with the invasion of Korea in 1592. Geez, dude, leave some continent to the rest of us. 

The incursion was halted when a prominent Korean admiral named Yi Sun-sen inflicted a series of catastrophic defeats on the Japanese fleet. But with great praise comes great jealousy. 

Yi's position was so coveted by his fellow officer Won Jeon that he planned a scheme to remove Yi from power. When Yi was imprisoned for disobeying orders that would have sent his fleet into a trap, Won Jeon was handed over.

 What a win, isn't it? Well, in his only naval battle as commander, he already sent his fleet to a trap. Won Gyun KIA was declared and lost all but 12 Korean Navy

Warships. Meanwhile, Yi's allies at court managed to convince the king of his innocence, which must have angered the ghost of Won Gyeon. When you think of the Renaissance, you might think of the Italian city of Florence and the powerful Medici family. 

The Medici made their fortune in banking and spent lavishly to support the burgeoning arts movement in Florence. But with this wealth and acclaim, jealousy and a conspiracy by the rival Pazzi family came to hit the Medicis by their perch.

 The plan was simple. The assassination of the current ruler Lorenzo and his younger brother Giuliano. They wanted to eliminate the siblings outside the city walls at the same time. But the brothers kept breaking up when the attacks were supposed to decrease.

 After months of waiting, the conspirators decided at the last minute to attack Medicisduring Mass. Giuliano was stabbed 19 times with Francesco Pazzi delivering the fatal blow. Lorenzo managed to escape the profane ambush with a slight wound to the neck.

 During the attack, Jacopo Bazzi was supposed to stir up the townspeople against the Medesis, but he soon found that the Bazi family severely underestimated the level of public support for the Medicis and how willing everyone was to tolerate a violent attack in the church. 

People turn out not to like it very much. Francesco was pulled out of his bed and hung by an angry crowd along with several other conspirators. Jacopo tried to flee the city but was soon arrested and sent with dozens of his family.

 But apparently, death alone was not enough punishment for Jacobo. His body was exhumed from the Pazzi family cemetery and reburied outside the city walls.

Some local children then exhumed the remains and dragged Jacopo back across the city before dumping him into the Arno River. When the children were asked why, they allegedly said, I don't know what to tell you, bud. 

 In 1592 CE, the fearsome warlord, Oda Nobunaga, was about to unite Japan under his banner. With the news that the siege had ceased in the west, one of his top generals, Akichi Mitsuhide, ordered his men to gather.

 But maybe he should have chosen someone else. With Nobunaga staying overnight at Hono-ji Temple in Kyoto, Mitsuhide turned against his master and overpowered the few servants Nobunaga had in hand. With the loss of status, Nobunaga set fire to the temple and committed suicide. 

That's some, I'm taking my ball and coming home. It looked like the charismatic Mitsuhide was on the verge of finishing what his master had that began and eventually became the ruler of Japan. But he only had a week to enjoy his booty.

 After that, the forces of the Nobunaga subordinate defeated the last Mitsuhide forces. Mitsuhide fled the scene. But he was killed by a bandit leader less than a month later. Easy come, easy go.

  Lu Bo was one of many warlords vying for control of China following the collapse of the Han Dynasty. He cut his teeth as an officer in the service of a judge named Ding Yuan and even became his adopted son, a strange move 

 But it is an undeniably effective professional strategy. However, when the powerful warlord Dong Zhou appeared at the scene, Lu Bo jumped to the opportunity to betray his adopted father in exchange for a place besides Dong Zhu. He abandoned Ding Yuan's poor head and became the adopted son of Dong Zhu.

 Le Po served his new master well even as she betrayed and killed him. Maybe people should stop adopting this man. Lu Po spent the next few years moving from one warlord to another until he was captured in his sleep and presented to the great warlord, Cao Cao.

 Lu Po offered Cao Cao service. But this was rejected on the advice of the warlord, Liu Bey, whom Lu Beau had an unfortunate habit of calling big ears. Lu Po was strangled on the orders of Cao Cao. 

And we would like to imagine the gorges said, Big ears sent me. Of course, much of his story comes from a 14th-century novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a dramatic version of history like Braveheart. So take it with a pinch of salt.

  The eldest son of Alexander the Great's bodyguard, Ptolemy Sironus was overtaken to the Egyptian throne in favor of his younger brother Philadelphus who ruled as Ptolemy II. 

Deprived of the inheritance, Seraonus was associated with another of Alexander's successors, Seleucus to overthrow another Alexandrian youth,Lysimachus and claim his kingdom. But once Lysimachus was defeated, the daredevil Serraunus stabbed Lysimachus in the back and claimed that the kingdom of Lysimachus belonged to him.

 After all that so far? There were a lot of chus names there. Treachery may have won the crown of Sironus. But it didn't make him very popular. He managed to ward off the initial challenges to his throne. But the chaos pushed an army of Galatian people to 

Pounce. Cironos refused to provide assistance to neighboring tribes. In doing so, he signed his death certificate. His potential allies became enemies and joined the Galatian king Bolgius Seraonus and was defeated in battle and. The victorious Celts knees his head on a spear. It can not happen to a more beautiful man.

  Artabanos was the captain of the Persian king, Xerxes, the bodyguard. It's great work if you can have it. But after his disastrous attempts to conquer Greece, and the costly construction program that drained the empire's treasury, knives were abroad for Xerxes.

 Artabanos therefore got into a conspiracy with Xerxes' son-in-law Megabezos who seems to have been a conceit, and an accomplice court counsel named Aspamites, who looks like an industrial domestic. The plan was simple. Kill Xerxes blame the eldest son Darius. The scheme was carried out flawlessly. 

The unfortunate Darius was executed by his younger brother, Artaxista, for his crime despite his strong denials. Don't be satisfied with just one

Killed, the gang returned together to take out the new king. But soon Artabanos discovered that promises didn't mean much between back stabs. Megabyzus sold both Artabanus and Asparmitres to gain the endorsement of Artaxerxes. Artabanos was quickly beaten. 

Ottoman Sultan Osman II was nicknamed Al-Shabab. So his story doesn't end well. The 13-year-old sultan ascended to the throne at the expense of his uncle Mustafa, who declared himself mentally unsound for political reasons and was confined to a room in his palace.

 Meanwhile, Osman was terribly unimpressed with the performance of the Janissaries, the sultan's elite bodyguard, and decided to replace them with a completely new army that arose from the peasants. He also wanted to move the capital of Constantinople to Damascus. But once they got the wind of the scheme, the Janissaries, led by Pasha, moved quickly to overthrow the teenager. 

Osman was caught and dragged across the city like an ordinary thief. The hostile crowd had little sympathy for their ruler's plight. Mustafa was restored to the throne. Pasha was rewarded with the plum position of the grand vizier of the new regime.

 Pasha ordered Osman's execution but was a bit enthusiastic about doing so. Because he did so without Mustafa's consent. He was immediately caught and tasted his own medicine. Pasha's time at the top and his life ended in a matter of weeks.

  Marcos Junius Brutus may be the most famous back stabbing outside Fredo Corleone. He played a key role in one of the most famous plots in recorded history, the assassination of Julius Caesar in March 44 BC. He was also a great juggler.

 But no one ever mentions it. An alliance of conspirators was formed to prevent Caesar from destroying the Roman Republic. While some may have been driven more by personal ambition than by ideals, the group that struck Caesar considered itself liberator or at least so they said.

 Caesar was eventually stabbed 23 times, although who delivered the fatal blow and whether Caesar's last words were as dramatic as Shakespeare wanted you to believe, is unknown. However, Brutus made the mistake of leaving Caesar's right hand, Mark Antony, alive.

 The conspirators misread how excited the public was about Caesar's death. The Senate was burned. The liberators were forced to flee the city. Brutus and Cassius established an army in Greece but were defeated by the forces of Mark Anthony and Octavian, Caesar's nephew and eponymous heir.

 And the most cruel of all, the same thing the conspirators wanted to save, the Roman Republic, was eliminated by Octavian, who took the name Augustus after he triumphed in a power struggle with Mark Antony, a very cruel irony. So what do you think? Which of these betrayals was the worst? Let us know in the comments below.