04-06-2008, 12:48 AM
.....first you have to define "able".....greatest achievement? Largest conquest? most continually successful? greatest tactical/strategic innovator?beats a strong opponent, not just a mob?....well my vote for one who fits all those would be Scipio Africanus, who not only reformed the army, but beat History's all-time greatest General (Hannibal), beat Antiochus and the Phalanx(considered to be the most fearsome weapon system of the time)....and much more besides. D
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff