Miles
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
i don't think phyrrus is a very good candidate as he is the inventor of the Pyhrric victory
caeser, alexander, marius, henry V, saladin, baybars, el cid, ptolemy, seleucus, assorted diadochi, scipio africanus.
personally i think caeser had the charisma to, if he had equal amounts of men with equal armour and arms, nurture good enough morale to win.
so Gaius Julius Caeser wins!
Senator
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
Belisarius, perhaps?
And Hannibal, of course. All odds against him.
And Spartacus.
Biarchus
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
well it's another of these threads....lol
Caesar, Hannibal or Alexander :O
Vicarius
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
Well i'd have to go with Gaius Marius, his tatics at wiping out the Tuetons were marvelous
Minister for Home Affairs of the Commonwealth v Zentai [2012] HCA 28 per Heydon J at [75]
Analysis should not be diverted by reflections upon the zeal with which the victors at the end of the Second World War punished the defeated for war crimes. The victors were animated by the ideals of the Atlantic Charter and of the United Nations. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was about to peep over the eastern horizon. But first, they wanted a little hanging.
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
Edward III or Alfred The Great for England anyway.
[/quote]the victory at Agincourt was more down to the terrain at which the battle was fought and because of the wet conditions that made the ground muddy then any plan devised by Henry himself.[quote]
The terrain had nothing to do with Henry V's plan? Uh?! That was the foundation of his plan, force the French to negate their overhwhelming numbers by funneling them toward the English line. He came within a hair line of forcing the French into a Union under his rule. Not bad really considering the population of England was about 5x less than that of France. But no not the bestest General.
我不是老外,我是野蛮人
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
Asia
Zhuge Liang, a perfect strategist and tactician.
Europe
Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig(Brian Boru)
Unified the waring tribes of Ireland against the Viking settlers.
Plus noone knows about him.
And I also live beside Clontarf
Last edited by Cúchulainn; June 11, 2007 at 10:06 AM. Reason: stuff
Re: Greatest General of the Pre gun era, Cold steel combat
I assume you mean Mr Gaius Julius CAESAR (although I guess any of them could be meant). No I'm not being a grammar Nazi, but if you're so fond of him as to repeat his name five times you could at least spell it right lol.Originally Posted by Templar Knight
Last edited by Richard; June 12, 2007 at 02:10 AM.
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