04-08-2007, 10:50 AM
Quote:conon394:2x6ux18u Wrote:So why does Leonidas deserve to be in TIER 3.:x x Yes, and what a battle....nearly everybody knows the names of Thermopylae and/or Leonidas ... whereas most could not tell you the name of the Spartan commander at Platea.
He lost the only significant battle he ever fought
Well, same with Y Gododdin - we know every name of the warriors, and what a battle it was!
Yet they lost and their defeat make no difference whatsoever in the outcome of the formation of Northumbria.
Their commander is not remembered as one of the British'greatest generals!
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
