Which general impresses you most: Alexander the Great,, Hannibal, or Julius Caesar?

[IKE]

I could really care less if my thread topic is "doorknobs" and winds up being about "pickled pigs feet"....some folks tend to really get their bloomers in a bunch if a thread (theirs or someone else's) strays off topic but it has never bothered me one bit.

 

[Radrook]

A detailed comparison between Caesar and Alexander the Great. which delves into the differences between the obstacles that they were both forced to surmount and a comparison of the historical legacies that they both left behind.

 

[Radrook]

simply because he was a much better Strategist IMO..Hannibal was a great leader of men into Battle.. but not a warrior Per Se... altho; that might have been different if he's had the backing of his governments.. but Alexander was superb at working out exactly what was needed, where and when...

It is really hard to understand how those Carthaginians could have been so stubbornly complacent in the face of such a powerful and relentlessly dangerous enemy such as Rome. Ironically, Rome had sent a delegation demanding them to hand Hannibal over to them when Hannibal had become problematic in Iberia by attacking a town allied to Rome. Yet, the Carthaginian rulers had refused and chosen war instead. Only to follow it up with that? Strange!

 

[papa tiger]

Very relevant comment! Thanks for the feedback! I totally agree that these generals were not good people and definitely didn't have God's blessings. However, I choose not to imagine them being roasted alive forever as punishment since that roasting alive would make God seem like a criminally insane sadist unworthy of being worshipped. In fact, to me, he would seem more immoral than the generals that he is roasting alive. IMHO.

Tell him where he can take his thoughts when Your at the gates and looking at the open doors of the elevator. Haha. Maybe St. Peter will laugh you to the drop off.

 

[Radrook]

Tell him where he can take his thoughts when Your at the gates and looking at the open doors of the elevator. Haha. Maybe St. Peter will laugh you to the drop off.

Well, I guess we don't view the creator in the same way since I don't consider him capable of doing that to people.

BTW If indeed a creator would have the personality you describe, then the only way he could get my cooperation would be by terrifying me into obedience. However he would neither have my love nor my admiration, but my hatred instead.

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[fuzzybuddy]

Caesar was the Hitler of his day. In Gaul, he slaughtered well over a million men, women and children. It was become a Roman province or die. Hannibal failed to realize that Rome was a land power. As a sea power, it was over extended. Challenging Rome on land inevitably would be won by Rome. Hannibal should have built a great navy rather than tromping through the Alps.
What bad thing can you say about Alexander.

 

[rgp]

Patton, Eisenhower & Macarthur .

 

[Radrook]

Caesar was the Hitler of his day. In Gaul, he slaughtered well over a million men, women and children. It was become a Roman province or die. Hannibal failed to realize that Rome was a land power. As a sea power, it was over extended. Challenging Rome on land inevitably would be won by Rome. Hannibal should have built a great navy rather than tromping through the Alps.
What bad thing can you say about Alexander.

True. It is disgusting how Caesar considered human life to be so expendable. He even attacked Rome's Gaulish allies to attain his political goals.

However Alexander also had flaws.
Was Alexander the Great One of History's Worst Monsters?
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The fatal trouble that Carthage experienced with Rome's Navy, was that Rome developed what was called the Corvus. It was a platform that was lowered alongside any Carthaginian galley and grappling onto it, and thus creating bridge between the two ships over which the Roman infantry could attack. In short, the Romans transformed a naval battle into a land battle.​

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Corvus (boarding device) - Wikipedia​

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