Volodymyr Immensus
Intimations of Immortality

Volodymyr Immensus (AD 960-1015) was a man 
of great talents and great appetites. 
A mighty warrior, he subdued the 
fiercely independent tribes of his realm.
An accomplished diplomat, 
he molded them into a nation. 
A masterful administrator, 
he baptized the population en masse
in the Dnieper River, making them all 
answerable to one Christian God.

But having been born a pagan, Volodymyr was famous throughout Byzantium for the 1000 concubines that he kept. However, that is another story.