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  • Judas Iscariot - Backstabber In The Christian Faith Judas Iscariot – Backstabber In The Christian Faith

    Among Christians, Judas is considered the backstabbing Apostle to Jesus of Nazareth. According to the New Testament, it was Judas who betrayed Jesus (by identifying him with a kiss) to the chief priests, who brought him before the Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate. Ultimately J...

  • 1919 Chicago White Sox - Backstabbers of Baseball 1919 Chicago White Sox – Backstabbers of Baseball

    In a unique situation, eight baseball players conspired and succeeded in backstabbing the fans of the most popular sporting event at that time - The World Series. Even before the Series started on October 1, there were rumors among gamblers that the series was fixed, and a sudden influx of money ...

  • Benedict Arnold V - First American Backstabber Benedict Arnold V – First American Backstabber

    Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He may well be the first American backstabber, defecting to the British shortly after taking the first oath of allegiance given to the members of the Continental Army. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected t...

  • Cartimandua - Backstabber for Roman Conquest Cartimandua – Backstabber for Roman Conquest

    Cartimandua, later referred to as, "Queen Cartimandua" was a backstabber to more than a few, but concentrating on two of her best stabbings; Cartimandua, along with her husband Venutius, may have been one of the eleven "kings" who Claudius' triumphal arch says surrendered without a fight. Claudiu...

  • Alcibiades - The Father of Backstabbing Alcibiades – The Father of Backstabbing

    Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides was born in 450 BC and during his 46 years backstabbed entire nations - some more than once. He is remembered for being a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He might well have made backstabbing an art form, so honed was his skill. He was the last fa...

  • John de Menteith - Backstabbed William Wallace John de Menteith – Backstabbed William Wallace

    For those who watched the Mel Gibson film Braveheart, you may have forgotten who it was that backstabbed William Wallace, the hero of Scotland who waged war against England for independence from 1297 to 1305. Sir John de Menteith and his older brother, Alexander, Earl of Menteith, replaced their ...

  • King Henry VIII - Royal Backstabber King Henry VIII – Royal Backstabber

    Here's a backstabber that can only be written about in snippets when it comes to backstabbing. So many friends, so many wives, and so many associates recieved more than a stab in the back. They got a blade through their neck. King Henry VIII is a well recognized figure in the history of the Engli...

  • Vidkun Quisling - Norway's Backstabber Vidkun Quisling – Norway’s Backstabber

    Vidkun Who? Don't ask that amongst my Norwegian friends. In Norway, Vidkun Quisling isn't just a backstabber, he's a traitor who's last name has become synonymous with it. In Quisling's younger days as a boy, he found mistakes in a national mathematical textbook and sent back corrections. Impr...

  • Marcus Junius Brutus - The Most Famous Backstabber Marcus Junius Brutus – The Most Famous Backstabber

    Marcus Junius Brutus, more commonly referred to simply as, Brutus, thanks to William Shakespeare is naturally associated with being the greatest of all backstabbers by actually plunging a real knife into the back of Emperor Julius Caesar. Caesar has always been one of the most controversial chara...

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