[laconic]

Alexander in a class by himself. George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Marshal Zhukov, Suvorov, Sherman, TE Lawrence, Belisarius, Charles "The Hammer" Martel, NB Forrest, Cortez, Pizarro, Tokugawa, Genghis Khan, Nathaniel Greene, Clive of India, Patton, Rommel.

[wimpycat]

I can't believe none of y'all have mentioned Gaius Marius yet. He was a great general who got overshadowed by Julius Caesar, but he brought many innovations to the Roman Army that made Caesar's later successes possible; most notably, the idea of a standing professional army, using members of the capite censi, or Head Count citizens, men not of landed or privileged classes, and consequently equipped at the expense of the state. It was a novel idea in its day.

[getitright]

Nathan Bedford Forrest?
Zat you Algore?