Who was the greatest general? >Share your favorites and why.

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This man is the personification of autism

>>1857244
Im guessing that's not a favorite then? haha

>>1857251
No, it is a favorite, he was up to all sorts of antics, it's pretty gr8 in my onion desu

>>1857256
What did he do that made him so great?

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>>1857242
pic related

>>1857260
Conquering all of North Africa and Italy with extremely limited resources

>>1857292
Not the best though come on

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Probably Marius for so much reformation , but I really like Lucius Siccius Dentatus:
"Siccius had fought in 120 battles, received 45 honorable wounds and several civic crowns; in addition, he won the Grass Crown. Siccius was eight times champion in single combat, with forty five scars on the front of his body and none on the rear, he is reported to have been awarded no less than eighteen hastae purae, twenty-five phalerae, 83 torques, more than 160 armillae, and twenty six coronae, of which fourteen were coronae civicae awarded for saving the life of a Roman citizen, eight coronae aureae, three coronae murales, and one corona obsidionalis or corona graminea, the highest honour for valour, awarded for the deliverer of a besieged army."
Anyone getting a Grass Crown goes right up to the top in my mind.

>>1857310
This thread is about favorites, not objective bests

>>1857317
Very true my apologies.

>>1857314
You speak of single combat.
Is this when a general fights another soldier in a duel?
>It may sound like a stupid question

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh Frederick II was bredy gud. But im gonna have to go with Suvorov cus he beat the mudslimes so much and i hate islam

>>1857327
Definitely not a stupid question. Someone can correct me, but I think it's talking about this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spolia_opima
where he fights an opposing general for his arms, armor, standard, etc.

>>1857383
Thankyou, Is this normal practice?
I have learned about roman history before but I was never told about this

>>1857413
Ive heard it referenced a couple places, I think it was a lot more common in the old republic, but I'll have to poke around for the actual sources.

>>1857428
Well thank you anon I'm going to use him in my project and research a bit more about him. I will make sure to give a /his/ shout out to you guys at the end