Any examples of historical figures overcoming great controversies about their character or personal past?
A King who was once a poor thief or an Emperor that once was caught shitting by a crowd of onlookers. Something really embarrassing.
Please stick to 25+ years.
>>2467499
Well, Caesar was buttfucked by the king of Bithynia
>>2467512
Wasn't that just a rumour?
>>2467499
H.W. Bush yaked on the Prime Minister of Japan over 25 years ago.
>>2467499
Darius III of Persia. Brought into the throne as a sham puppet of Bagoas, he eventually out manoeuvred everyone and killed his taskmaster. Too bad he bumped into Alexander.
Titus also got involved in several scandals during Vespasian's reign, bur straightened up once he himself became an emperor.
>>2467512
t. Gnaeus Pompey Magnus