I wasn't a very scrupulous student during my History classes. Actually I wasn't a very scrupulous student in general :). I only studied whatever I found interesting. So, although my knowledge in history is not as extensive as I wish it to be, I do have some favorite episodes. Actually it's more about myths than history. I've noticed how in many cases, love or jealousy were the main reasons for a war. The first example that comes to mind is actually a famous episode of Greek Mythology, the Trojan War (some believe it to be a real historical event). 
When Paris fell in love with Helen, Menelaus's wife, and kidnapped her,
this stupid infatuation for somebody else's wife, determined the break of
a ferocious war between The Greeks and the Trojans. It didn't end too
well for the lover boy ..though.Another legend/myth/folk tale that I am very fond of, is the one involving the fair queen Guinevere, king Arthur and sir Lancelot. Apparently she was so much in love with king Arthur's most loyal knight, that she agreed to elope with him and retreat to his well guarded castle. Eventually, king Arthur discovered them and the two armies fought for many days causing serious bloodshed.
Another war driven by love, actually it's more passion than love, was the one caused by the rape of the Sabines. At the beginning of Rome, in the newly built city, there were very few young maidens for the brave Roman warriors. And since they found out about a tribe in the mountains, named the Sabines, that apparently had numerous young beauties, they decided to take them by force. The two armies prepared for battle, but luckily, the pillaged Sabines decided they weren't so unhappy in the new found land and put themselves in front of the two armies. Eventually the two states emerged. Having brave men fight over you, must be veryromantic, in a gloomy kinda way. Luckily for me, the only war I started was with my boyfriend, over who's washing the dishes.
