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Alexander the Great was antiquity\'s greatest commander
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Quote: Some guy and his friends go on a criminal rampage, and when he isn't killed immediately we call him 'great'.

Oh please. We're talking about the ancient world. Don't be so post-modern.

Furthermore, by your criteria you'd have somebody like Pericles sitting up near the top. Men who play it safe in war don't achieve things like those men listed in tier 1.
Marshal White

aka Aulus FABULOUS 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) . . . err, I mean Fabius

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
- Pericles, Son of Athens
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re - by Johnny Shumate - 04-06-2007, 06:30 PM
Re: Alexander the Great was antiquity\'s greatest commander - by M.H. White - 04-23-2007, 09:21 PM
Re: - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 10-18-2010, 08:59 AM
Re: - by Thunder - 10-18-2010, 01:56 PM

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