The most influential military leader of all time

[brennan]

Beaten by Wellington's rabble (okay and some Prussians.) Boney is over-rated.

 

[Wrymouth3]

The greatest General of all time is unquestionably Subedei.

Oh hey it's Subotai! He was a great general to be sure. Now if only we could figure out how he got so friggin fat .

 

[gay_Aleks]

Beaten by Wellington's rabble (okay and some Prussians.) Boney is over-rated.

And some Cossacks. And some Winter.

The end point is: don't invade Russia.

 

[daft]

yes, don't invade Russia, Hitler learned that the hard way later on as well.

 

[Plotinus]

It's OK to invade Russia from the east. Just don't try it from the west.

 

[brennan]

I dunno about 'don't invade Russia'. Hitler had the misfortune to bumb into this fella, who probably merits a mention.

 

[bonefang]

If you talk of "influential" definitely Alexander.
We in India have several stories, of the European King that won over half of the world.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Honestly, India has some of the cooler Alexander stories. He's riding magic carpets and things like that over there

 

[daft]

Gotta give some credit to Ashurbanipal II for inventing siege weapons, though.

Is the proper spelling of his name Ashurbanipal or Assurbanipal (same with the city Ashur or Assur?)

 

[Louis XXIV]

It's a transliteration, so both are generally considered appropriate.

 

[bonefang]

@ louis, I have never head of them. I am from India.

However, there exists a nice story, about Alexander defeating Porus. Alexander asks Porus, how he expects to be treated. Porus replies "As a king treats another". They were pals after that ....

 

[Louis XXIV]

Looking into it, I think it's an Iranian story I'm thinking of.

 

[Kyriakos]

If you talk of "influential" definitely Alexander.
We in India have several stories, of the European King that won over half of the world.

Can you post some good links in english? I would want to have a look...

 

[gay_Aleks]

I remember a story about Alexander marrying Roxana, a daughter of a Bactrian nobleman.