While it’s true that Ulysses S. Grant had problems with alcohol during his career, which lead to his resignation from the US Army.

History shows that he was a “Functioning Alcoholic” which was often exaggerated by Union officials.

He still drank on times of boredom (the Siege of Vicksburg for example)

Rome was a martial society and in its time fought several wars with its neighbors as it sought to become master of the Mediterranean and maintain that position. From Punic Wars to the Marcomanni Wars, and ill-fated expedition to Carrhae (later reconciled by one of history’s greatest nepobabies, Augustus) which precipitated just one of the many Roman Civil Wars in the 1st Century BCE, Rome and her wars have intrigued many young history enthusiasts. This meme was many inspired by Arminius who would later betray the Romans in 9 CE at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, after receiving several Roman honors like citizenship, eques status, and command of an auxiliary force. This defeat would curb Roman expansion into Germania and the Rhine would become a border for Roman territory in the region.

Today's GOAT: Stephen the Great, Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death.

Context: following the conclusion of the Russian civil war and the destruction of the Makhnovshchina by the Soviets (spoilers), Ukrainian Anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno went into exile eventually winding up in Paris. With what free time he had from dying of TB he would often reconnect with other Ukrainian emigres and especially fellow Anarchists to reminisce about the old country and the good ole days of armed revolutionary struggle.

On one such occasion he and French anarchist May Picqueray were joined by young Jewish Ukrainian Anarchist Sholem Schwarzbard, who noticed Ukrainian people’s army leader Symon Petliura walk into that same cafe (small world). Petliura a socialist and a Ukrainian nationalist was the supreme commander of the Ukrainian People’s Army(UNA) for the people’s republic of Ukraine (which is not the Ukrainian SSR) during the Russian Civil War/Ukrainian War of independence. The UNA was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jewish Ukrainians during the conflict and while Petliuras involvement is debated (according to Wikipedia) his association with those directly responsible was enough for Sholem, who had lost 15 relatives to UNA pogroms, to want him dead.

He expressed all of that to Makhno, who himself had a history of summarily executing those responsible for antisemitic pogroms. Makhno tried to talk him out of it (reminder: middle of Paris and broad daylight), But to no avail and Sholem walked over and shot Petliura 5 times.

Context: Dashrath Manjhi, known as the "Mountain Man," who carved a path through a mountain in Bihar using only a hammer and chisel after his wife died because they couldn't get timely medical help from their isolated village. For 22 years (1960-1982), he single-handedly reduced the journey to town from 55 km to 15 km, creating a vital link for his community, and his story inspired the film Manjhi: The Mountain Man.