What are some examples of historical figures achieving things

>>2936805
Claudio Monteverdi wrote "L'incoronazione di Poppea" when he was in his 70s.
Ramses II was making Egypt rich and powerful until he was about 90 years old.
Giuseppe Verdi wrote Falstaff at age 79.

Doge Enrico Dandolo of Venice lead the 4th crusade to take down the Byzantine Empire during his 90s.

>>2936805
The octogenarian was called liberius, he went and conquered the southeastern coast of the Iberian peninsula.

Bernard Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn became Chairman of their respective socialist republics whilst both well into their 70s

>>2936805
Narses was a Byzantine Eunuch who fought in the Gothic wars in his late 70s and early 80s. He was one of the great generals in the time of Justinian I, however he is often overshadowed by Belisarius. Late in his life, Belisarius continued to command actions against the Bulgars. I can't really count him though because he was 60 when he passed, although he was one of the very best generals of all time, someone who never gets enough credit. Time after time, he beat larger armies than his, notably in North Africa (Carthage), Italy (Rome and I believe Genoa), Persia (getting all the way to the Persian capital before being recalled), and against the Bulgars, where he saved Constantinople. However, Theodora had a personal vendetta against him, and made Justinian act harshly towards him.

>>2936805
Wu Zetian ruled during China's golden age from age 61 until her death at 83.

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The historian Jacques Barzun didn't publish his magnum opus "From Dawn to Decadence" until the year 2000, when he was 93, though much of the text was finished by 1995, when he was "only" 88.

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>>2937111
Similarly, Samuel H. Moffett didn't finish his life's work -- "A History of Christianity in Asia" -- until he was 89.

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>>2937121
The economist Ronald Coase kept on writing articles and giving interviews until the year of his death (2013), when he was 102.

Here he is appearing on a podcast in 2012:

http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/05/coase_on_extern.html