Ten great generals

[Jona Lendering]

I am trying to make a list of ten ancient generals from Antiquity who might be labelled truly great. The idea is to write ten biographies and cover all of ancient history. There are two "rules":

1. The general must be a worthy subject of a biography. Of course the Aetolian campaign of Philodemus of Elis was the most brilliant ever conducted in human history, but since we know so little about it, we cannot write a biography
   
2. A list must not have only Roman or Greek commanders. We need an overview.
   

My own list

1. Ramesses II (only Bronze Age general about whom we really know something)
   
2. Šalmaneser III (example of the unification of the ancient world)
   
3. Darius the Great (nineteen battles in one year)
   
4. Themistocles (no argument necessary, I guess)
   
5. Philip of Macedon (again, no argument necessary)
   
6. Darius III (just to have at least one surprise in my list, of course)
   
7. Hannibal (goes without saying)
   
8. Caesar (he continues to amaze me)
   
9. Marcus Aurelius (the Danube wars were really something)
   
10. Heraclius (fitting epilogue)
    

What do you think? Judah the Maccabee? Belisarius? Scipio?