Alexander the Great was antiquity\'s greatest commander

[Robert Vermaat]

Replying to Robert's and Paul's objections, why isn't the assurance of supplies a virtue attributed to the commander?

I wasn't speaking about the virtue of the commander, but rather against the remark that "Alexander had to overcome many more challenges than Hannibal and Pyrrhus put together", which i think is hardly fair to say.

Sure, you could say that, had Hannibal been a better commander, he could have overthrown the Carthage state, have become king and then have destroyed Rome.
But carthage was no kingdom, as macedon was, and where Alexander could inherit a position, power and prestige of a royal house, Hannibal could not.

Again, I don't think that this reflects on either of them as a commander, but it's unfair to say that Alexander had more challenges. Different, but by no means more.

Now Phyrros.. wasn't he a despot?