Unlike Hannibal, I sought to use data to determine a general’s abilities, rather than specific accounts of generals’ achievements. Like Hannibal, I wanted to rank powerful leaders in the history of warfare. Then Scipio broke into a laugh and said, “What would you say if you had defeated me?” When Africanus asked who, in Hannibal’s opinion, was the greatest general, Hannibal named Alexander… as to whom he would rank second, Hannibal selected Pyrrhus… asking whom Hannibal considered third, he named himself without hesitation.
Ranking Every* General in the History of Warfare
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