Vlad the Impaler
Date Submitted: 02/28/2004 01:49:04
Dracula
You may have hear the name "Vlad the Impaler" before. In fact, he is a real person who existed in the 1400's. However he was not as the legend of Dracula and vampires portray him.
"Vlad the Impaler" was born Vlad Tepes, 1430 in Schassburg, a town in Transylvania. Vlad Dracul his father was the prince of Wallachia. The name "Dracula" comes from his father's name Dracul. Drac in Romanian means "devil". "Ulea" as an
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Vlad helped keep crime off the streets, both countries do agree that he tortured and killed thousands of people. People have many opinions about whether or not Vlad was a good ruler. But it really depends on if they were looking for a ruler to help the economy and crime, or take care of the people.
In Bram Stoker's film Dracula, made in 1931, he used Vlad Tepe's character. He portrayed Vlad as a vampire, s
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