# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 381
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7601 "2025-05-30T18:52:54Z")
**Ancient Greeks** 1. Pythagoras 2. Homer 3. Aristophanes 4. Asclepius 5. Euclid 6. Lysander 7. Solon 8. Sappho 9. Aristotle 10. Leonidas I 11. Xanthippe 12. Diogenes ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7602 "2025-05-30T19:59:32Z")
**Ancient Greeks** 1. Pythagoras 2. Homer 3. Aristophanes 4. Asclepius 5. Euclid 6. Lysander 7. Solon 8. Sappho 9. Aristotle 10. Leonidas I 11. Xanthippe 12. Diogenes 13. Themistocles A remarkable general, admiral and statesman. Next up: **Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius Played by Richard Harris in the ahistorical but very entertaining _Gladiator_. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7603 "2025-05-30T20:19:42Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7604 "2025-05-30T20:32:08Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7605 "2025-05-30T21:08:09Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ---
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**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus ---
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**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7608 "2025-05-30T23:31:07Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7609 "2025-05-31T01:03:05Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas Founder of Rome ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7610 "2025-05-31T01:30:38Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas 9. Julius Caesar ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7611 "2025-05-31T02:02:50Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas 9. Julius Caesar 10. Livia Drusilla ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7612 "2025-05-31T03:35:26Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas 9. Julius Caesar 10. Livia Drusilla 11. Porcia Catonis Brutus Shakespeare spells her name as Portia in _Julius Caesar_; he and his ancient Roman sources portray her as loyal and brave, a worthy wife to Brutus, “the noblest Roman of them all”. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7613 "2025-05-31T07:45:00Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas 9. Julius Caesar 10. Livia Drusilla 11. Porcia Catonis Brutus 12. Marcus Licinius Crassus ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7614 "2025-05-31T12:03:55Z")
**Ancient Romans** 1. Marcus Aurelius 2. Cicero 3. Tacitus 4. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 5. Augustus 6. Constantine the Great 7. Seneca 8. Aeneas 9. Julius Caesar 10. Livia Drusilla 11. Porcia Catonis Brutus 12. Marcus Licinius Crassus 13. Marcus Brutus New category: **Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7615 "2025-05-31T14:36:40Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7616 "2025-05-31T14:50:32Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia 3. Hannah, mother of Samuel ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7617 "2025-05-31T16:12:39Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia 3. Hannah, mother of Samuel 4. Cain’s unnamed wife ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7618 "2025-05-31T17:20:38Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia 3. Hannah, mother of Samuel 4. Cain’s unnamed wife 5. Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7619 "2025-05-31T17:36:25Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia 3. Hannah, mother of Samuel 4. Cain’s unnamed wife 5. Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau 6. Pharaoh’s unnamed daughter, who adopts the infant Moses ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7620 "2025-05-31T17:41:23Z")
**Women of the Bible** 1. Mary, mother of Jesus 2. Esther, Jewish maiden who becomes queen of Persia 3. Hannah, mother of Samuel 4. Cain’s unnamed wife 5. Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau 6. Pharaoh’s unnamed daughter, who adopts the infant Moses 7. Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, sister of Joseph Heroine of the novel _The Red Tent_ by Anita Diamant, which I recommend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=380) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=382)