Since I am enjoying an afternoon sampling the bars of Paphos I thought that I would set the esteemed committee of the Petains a challenge. Identify the individuals you would call the Great Captains. I have not used Google or anything else reference wise, but this is my guess, with several under considerations added in.
Notice that a true Great Captain seems to be recognisable by just one name, or can you think of an exception to that rule?
Also, just being a Great isn't necessarily a qualification. I haven't listed Peter or Alfred...
Farthingdale's list
Alexander
Hannibal
Scipio
Caesar
Marlborough
Frederick
Napoleon
Nelson
Rommel
Under consideration
Seti
Wellington
Patton
Saxe
Edward IV
Timur
Zukov
Saladin
The Lionheart
If you're going to have Marlborough I would have Eugene as well. Also I would definitely include Gustavus Adolphus...and Jean-Luc Picard .... of course.
ReplyDeleteGustavus Adolphus I accept but note that he is only recognisable by two names, Eugene is also a real possibility. I think I missed Belisarius from my list too. I cannot accept Picard because, in addition to being a Borg collaborator, his career pales beside that of James Tiberius Kirk.
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