Greatest Warrior and Greatest Military Genius before 1900

[mightymem]

oops just noticed this is for Military Genius before 1900, sorry He was a military genius still. One great person people have forgot is Hannibal.

[MemmoN]

Ghengis Khan. He was the reason man stopped building walls around city's.

[MemmoN]

There was a man who fought Alexander with 10,000 mercenary greek hopilites and forced Alexander to withdraw from the battle, it was looked upon as neither lost nor won by either side. He even advised the persian king to retreat deep into persia and burn the feilds behind him, poison the water and wait for Alexander to come to him worn and weak. His name was Memmon and before he could face Alexander again he came down with a mysterious illness some say was poisonous murder, he died trying to make it home and his advice fell upon deaf ears, much to the fortune that is now Alexander the great. I always found it ironic that Alexander paid the price he himself once dealt.

[Rothgar]

I would second Hannibal. I like the warriors that stand up to the empires and kick their butts.

[Connavar]

Ghenghis Khan is the greatest military genius to me. Its clear by what he did with his mongols. The diffrence he has made to military history is not little.

The fact his empire was the largest ever shows his skill.


Its a shame seeing he is underrated cause he wasnt Greek or Roman like Alexander and Ceasar.


I wonder how diffrent the world would have been if his people werent so few and nomades. If they stayed in one place and build thier empire. Prolly would have a big diffrence like the Romans.

[the-golden-horde]

I agree with hannibal as an answer, his victory at cannae was remarkable.

[svalbard]

Greatest warrior for me would have to go to Harald Hardrada. His name said it all and he went down hard aswell.

Military genius would be a toss up between Alexander and Caesar with an honourable mention to Gaius Marius.

[asianshrimp]

I'm not sure if you know anything about Chinese history, but there were many characters that stand out.

Great Warriors
- Yue Fei - He was a general and warrior of the Song Dynasty. He was known as a Godlike warrior, mainly because he had never lost a battle. Also because he was invincible with a spear. He died by execution, having been framed for treachery.

- Guan Yu - He was ranked as the second greatest warrior during the 3 Kingdoms era. Well, he is known as the God of War, being that he had a great personality and a great brain lol.

- Lu Bu - You've probably heard of this person, well he was the greatest warrior in the 3 kingdoms era, but had no brains lol.

*Personaly my favourite character from the 3 kingdoms would either be Zhao Yun, or Ma Chao.

Greatest Tacticians

Sun tze - definately him, Art of War, having been passed down for more than 2000 years, amazing

Zhu ge Liang - also from the 3 kingdoms, he was a genius at warfare. He used fire as his main tool.

Genghis Khan - He was one of the greatest conquerors of all time, he should definitely be at the top.

Alexander - dunno whether he was one of the greatest warriors, but yes hes up there with genghis for brains

[Fake Vencar]

Caeser would get my vote. Attila the Hun anyone?

[woodsman]

yes! someone speaking for Attila,was wondering where he'd got to.
Nelson at sea, Khan/Alexander on land.
Mentions in dispatches to Boney the Frenchman, the black prince and
Henry V.

[iansales]

Marlborough or John Hawkwood.

[Connavar]

Parmenion


Parmenion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Parmenion was Philip II's most trusted general, and a major influence in the formation of the tough, disciplined and professional Macedonian army whose tactics would dominate land warfare for the succeeding centuries, arguably until the Battle of Pydna between Macedonia and Rome in 168 BC

Parmenion is generally credited today with being instrumental in the realisation of Philip's vision. Certainly his appointment as second in command to the much younger Alexander would seem to imply a great level of esteem.


His son Philotas had been accused of treason and was executed (December 330).

After Alexander had killed Philotas, the murder of his father was inevitable. In Ecbatana, he controlled the road from the Mediterranean to the East, possessed large sums of money and commanded many troops. Parmenion was too powerful to remain alive, especially since he would be angry when he heard of the execution of his son. Therefore, Alexander accused him of treason and sent an express messenger to Ecbatana, whose duty it was to be there before the news of the death of Philotas reached his father. The courier gave letters to the commanders of the reinforcements and they killed the old general, who never knew why.

This was -and is- a dark stain on Alexander's reputation


I found his history very interesting, he did so much for Philip and Alexander deserves bigger historical fame. He was a great General.

[Sir_Sparhawk]

i was just going to mention parmenion as well.

[Vladd67]

On a smaller scale how about Alexander Nevsky?

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Sir_Sparhawk

i was just going to mention parmenion as well.

Good to see not everyone here has overlooked him.