The Greatest Military Commanders Of Antiquity

[Felix Marcellus]

Hmm, I' not sure about Vercingtorix. Sure he bet Caesar at Georgovia, but when he outnumbered him 4:1 at Alesia he failed miserably. Then again, its hard to look good when your fighting Caesar. I guess the same can be said for everyone who fought him though. Kinda feel sorry for them, in the long run they never really stood a chance.

 

 

Well, Pompey is listed as a Tier 2 guy. Vercingetorix actually managed to defeat Caesar in battle and gave him a much harder time than Pompey did. Pompey ran like a coward through Italy, across the Adriatic and into Greece. With superior forces at his beckon had he found the intestinal fortitude and energy to do so. I'll agree Vercingetorix doesn't belong in Tier 2 only if Pompey isn't in Tier 2 as well. Now, had Pompey died or retired from military life after achieving his great name, I might be of a different opinion. But he showed against Caesar when fighting any serious competition he was impotent.

 

An excellent list Spartan.. I was worried that this would turn into another Caesar vs. Alexander type thread, but I'm pleased that it hasn't.

 

It's been hard to resist, but I've managed.

[Primus Pilus]

Well to give Pompey credit, he had the civil war won at Dyrrhachium, he just didn't finish the job. He was much closer to defeating Caesar than Vercingetorix ever was.

[Felix Marcellus]

Well to give Pompey credit, he had the civil war won at Dyrrhachium, he just didn't finish the job. He was much closer to defeating Caesar than Vercingetorix ever was.

 

Yeah, but Pompey had more tools than V did. A navy. Roman Legions. Better engineers. And the wealth of Greece, Spain and Egypt (just to name a few) to back him up. And still lost.

 

Vercingetorix had a rabble of barbarians.

 

I'm looking at it from a point of view of achieving more with less. Pompey achieved less with more.