Alexander the Great was antiquity\'s greatest commander

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So why does Leonidas deserve to be in TIER 3.

He lost the only significant battle he ever fought, was not noted as being involved in any of the strategic decisions of the campaign, etc.

Wars are won by breaking your enemy's will to fight and I know of no other battle in the ancient world that accomplished this more then Leonidas stand in that mountain pass, not to mention the fact that he was a spartan king at the age of fifty. thats atlest 20 diffrent wars he fought in before thermopylae. Now I'm not saying hes the greatest general of all time but Xenophon has a place in Tier 3 and his career wasn't much better