My western ancient generals personal ranking:
First of all, I want to establish what the criteria for this ranking will be; first of all, the main points in which I evaluate, are tactics (Manoeuvres in pitched battles), operations (Manoeuvres at campaigns), military strategy*, (How operations and tactics impact the general outbreak of the conflict), logistics (How capable was the general of putting to use the material resources he had at his campaigns and battles considering distances and transport means), how challenging were the enemy leadership at campaigns and tactics and how challenging was his army in terms of troop quality and available resources, how many human and material resources did the commander had in comparison to his enemy. If the general won a campaign or a battle in which he had superior human and material resources, this still can be counted as a great victory, if those advantages we're created by the general in question, if not, it will be disregarded.
*Grand strategy (Long-term foreign policy, economics and public policies reforms) will not be considered as it's not a purely military responsability.
- Gaius Julius Caesar
- Hannibal Barca
- Megas Alexandros
- Pompeius Magnus
- Scipio Africanus
- Marcus Agrippa
- Phillip II of Macedonia
- Lucius Silla
- Lucius Lucullus
- Antigonos Monoftalmos
- Cyrus the Great
- Eumenes of Cardia
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
- Tiglatpilesser III
- Thutmosis III