Anaxagoras
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Who wins in a battle between Hannibal and Alexander the Great? Assume each commands an army of 40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, on a more or less open plain.
Of course, there is the odd point that Hannibal considered Alexander to be a better general than himself, or so he explained while serving as an advisor to the Greeks after the second Punic war.
On a 'more of less open plain'? Yup, Alexander for me... Hannibal's notable victories tended to occur when he could draw the romans into enclosed spaces and then encircle them... when he faced them under other circumstances thing tended to go rather badly for him.Who wins in a battle between Hannibal and Alexander the Great? Assume each commands an army of 40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, on a more or less open plain.
Who wins in a battle between Hannibal and Alexander the Great? Assume each commands an army of 40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, on a more or less open plain.
That would make a very good argument for Alexander then.
I think the OP meant who wins between them in a fair fight, both of them having equal forces, in numbers and quality. If Alexander had his Macedonian army, then ofcourse there would be no contest since a large part of the army which he invaded Persia was composed of veteran, proffessional, superbly equipped and trained troops. Hannibal's army left a lot to be desired (in fact it's composition changed constantly throughout the campaign).I vote for Alexander... He had way much better infantry and he was superb cavalry commander...