Top 10 Conquerers

[empireman]

@reloader-1:

Empireman, Hannibal belongs on your list.

I think Pyrrhus of Epirus should belong on these lists as well. Hannibal himself rated him the second best general in antiquity, behind Alexander…

Well there are so many good ones.

[newpaintbrush]

If it’s about conquering, it has to come down to one of three things.

1.  Amount of land conquered
2.  Number of people conquered
3.  Number of people beat up in battle.

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All this talk about generalship or whatever . . . it’s not about best general, it’s best conqueror.  If it’s best general, damn sure General George Washington should be on the list.

[ABWorsham4]

I believe most people understand the difference. If you notice, Robert E Lee is the last on my list, I placed him in the list out of my southern pride and to stir up some good discussion. I kicked off Darius I, to place Lee in the list.

By the way, this is a great subject.

[Jermofoot]

@ABWorsham:

Jermofoot, I believe Alexander is thought higher than Khan because he was a product western culture and had more of a lasting effect on the world. The west glorifies Alexander’s conquering the East, while cringing at the thought of eastern conquerers.

I can accept that possibility.

But Khan’s influence was far more widespread.  One of the Wonders of the World was built simply to defend against another attack like he made.  His genes can be found in a measurable percent of the population. I think his tactics are also still taught in combat theory…at least I think I read that somewhere. Granted, once he was gone, the empire devolved into multiple kingdoms and such, but the same can be said for Alexander.

[dij671]

@Gargantua:

In my past life on the internet, I was the Raider Leader Gargantua.  Leader of The Khans.

Still am.  (Just have to res the website)

I appreciate all your comments on my great conquests :)  lol… you guys should see some of these screenshots.

could you yaknow post a few shots :-D

[dij671]

@Gargantua:

Ghenghis failed to conquer the fact that he’s Mongolian, and history doesn’t care about what happend over there.

Alexander > Khan.

wow, I almost went there for vacation