Opinion of Hannibal's Top Three Commanders?

Hannibal's Top Three Commanders?

  • Alexander, Pyrrhus, Hannibal

    Votes: 10 66.7%
  • Pyrrhus, Scipio, Hannibal

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 26.7%

  • Total voters
    15
Opinion of Hannibal's Top Three Commanders?

Curious as too your thoughts on Hannibal's top three? Do you think either version is correct? Your voting options are version 1, version 2 or other. If you chose other please list your three. On an unrelated note any good ATL on Pyrrhus? Thanks.

Plutarch states that Hannibal was questioned by Scipio as to who was the greatest general, and Hannibal replied either Alexander or Pyrrhus, then himself,[6] or, according to another version of the event, Pyrrhus, Scipio, then himself.
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Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar are probably the 3 most talented ancient commanders. Pyrrhus was nothing special for his era, he's outclassed by Eumenes, Demetrius, Lysimachus, and Seleucus among Diadochi commanders.
 

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Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar are probably the 3 most talented ancient commanders. Pyrrhus was nothing special for his era, he's outclassed by Eumenes, Demetrius, Lysimachus, and Seleucus among Diadochi commanders.

Pyrrhus gets a lot of his rep from being the first Diadochi that Rome defeated; Rome always bigged up its enemies to some extent.
 
Pyrrhus gets a lot of his rep from being the first Diadochi that Rome defeated; Rome always bigged up its enemies to some extent.
I would say to be fair to Pyrrhus, his talent was recognized even by his Hellenistic contemporaries, and he was given troops by Egypt to invade Italy precicesly to remove a skilled general from the equation.

He was also arguably the last of the great Hellenistic generals, as the quality of Diadochi leadership starts dropping off rapidly the further you get from Alexander, and especially after Pyrrhus. Though Antiochus Sidetes might be the proper 'last' of the Greek greats.
 
I would say to be fair to Pyrrhus, his talent was recognized even by his Hellenistic contemporaries, and he was given troops by Egypt to invade Italy precicesly to remove a skilled general from the equation.

He was also arguably the last of the great Hellenistic generals, as the quality of Diadochi leadership starts dropping off rapidly the further you get from Alexander, and especially after Pyrrhus. Though Antiochus Sidetes might be the proper 'last' of the Greek greats.

That said, it is also possible Hannibal was just trolling Scipio.
 
I would say to be fair to Pyrrhus, his talent was recognized even by his Hellenistic contemporaries, and he was given troops by Egypt to invade Italy precicesly to remove a skilled general from the equation.

He was also arguably the last of the great Hellenistic generals, as the quality of Diadochi leadership starts dropping off rapidly the further you get from Alexander, and especially after Pyrrhus. Though Antiochus Sidetes might be the proper 'last' of the Greek greats.
Pyrrhus's problems were his impatience. The moment things started going haywire, he abandined the campaign for another. Even when a campaign was going well, a more enticing opportunity would present itself and he would divert his forces there (like the ultimate fatal sequence of events that led to his death).
 
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