See also: Military History
- David , conquered an empire from Homs to Eilat
- Thutmose I , conquerer of the Hyksos tribe in the Nile-Delta and Nubia (present day Sudan)
- Thutmose III , "Napoleon" of Egypt, conquering large territories in the Middle-East until the Euphrates river and Nubia
- Ramesses II , he conquered Nubia, until the 1st cataract and waged campaigns in the Near-East (present-day Israel, Palestine and Syria)
- Merneptah Son of Ramesses II , he waged war in the Levant and the eastern Lybia
- Cyrus The Great (King of Persia who conquered Babylon)
- Artaphernes (Persian general)
- Darius I Of Persia , conquered all the territories between Asia Minor, north Greece and the Danube
- Xerxes I Of Persia conquerer of several Greek cities, including the (then) mighty Athens
- Sun Tzu (Chinese general and author of "The Art of War")
- Themistocles ( Athenian admiral during the Persian Wars )
- Miltiades (Athenian general during the Persian Wars)
- Callimachus (Athenian general during the Persian Wars)
- Leonidas ( Sparta n king and general during the Persian Wars)
- Eurybiades (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Pausanias (Spartan general during the Persian Wars)
- Mardonius (Persian general during the Persian Wars)
- Cimon (Athenian general)
- Callias (Athenian general)
- Pericles (Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War )
- Demosthenes (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Cleon (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Nicias (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thucydides (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Brasidas (Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Alcibiades (Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War)
- Phormio (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Thrasybulus (Athenian admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
- Lycophron (Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesain War)
- Epaminondas ( Theban general)
- Philip II Of Macedon (Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great)
- Alexander The Great (King of Macedon )
- Ptolemy I Soter , One of Alexander the Great's generals, founder of the Ptolemaic Dynasty , he was the first king
- Demetrius I Of Bactria , a Greek-born king who conquered much of what is now Iran, Pakistan and northern India. He was nicknamed "The Invincible"
- Memnon (Greek mercenary in Persian service)
- Ashoka (Emperor of India)
- Qin Shi Huang (First emperor of Qin )
- Pyrrhus Of Epirus (King of Epirus who invaded Italy)
Empress Candace of Ethiopia, so feared as a commander that Alexander the Great of Macedon preferred to run away from her.(Cecilia ruiz de R'ios, Nicaraguan historian, webmistress of www.cablenet.com.ni/historyarte)
- Hamilcar Barca , (Military commander of ancient Carthage , involved in the First Punic War )
- Hannibal Barca (Military commander of ancient Carthage , involved in the Second Punic War )
- Hasdrubal Barca , son of Hamilcar Barca and brother to Hannibal , at first, he stayed in Hispania to repell any Roman invaders. Lateron, he followed his brother to Italy. He's sometimes called the 2nd Hannibal
- Scipio Africanus (Scipio Africanus Major) (Defeated Hannibal at the Battle Of Zama in Second Punic War )
- Fabius Maximus ( Roman general)
- Titus Quinctius Flamininus (Roman general)
- Scipio Asiaticus , he was a brother of Scipio Africanus Maior, he got his nickname "Asiaticus" when he defeated Antiochus III The Great of the Seleucid Empire
- Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus Minor), adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus , he was active during the Third Punic War
- Gaius Marius (Roman general)
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Roman general and dictator)
- Quintus Sertorius (Roman general)
- Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman general)
- Julius Caesar ( Roman military leader and dictator)
- Vercingetorix (Gallic warlord who led a rebellion against Rome)
- Surena (Parthian general)
- Augustus Caesar (The first Roman Emperor , successor of Julius Caesar)
- Marcus Agrippa (Roman general serving Augustus)
- Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus, Roman Emperor )
- Stilicho (also a late Roman general)
- Alaric (Gothic King, sacked Rome)
- Arminius (War chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci )
- Attila The Hun (King of the Huns , often referred as "Scourge of God")
- Aëtius (Roman general, defeated Attila )
- Samudragupta ( King of India )
- Cao Cao (Chinese warlord)
- Zhuge Liang (Chinese military strategist)
- Muhammad (Prophet of Islam )
- Tariq Ibn Ziyad (Berber General at the Battle Of Guadalete )
- Theodoric The Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy )
- Clovis (First Christian King of the Franks )
- Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan warrior king)
- Ulji Moonduk (Korean General)
- Yang Man-chun (Korean General)
- Kim Yu-shin (Korean General)
- Charles Martel ( Mayor Of The Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks )
- Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor )
- King William I Of England (Duke of Normandy , also known as William the Conqueror)
- Wang Geon (King of Korea)
- General Belisarius ( Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I )
- Narses (Another great general in service of Justinian I)
- Mundus (another general under Justinian)
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl Toltec leader and conqueror
- Basil II Byzantine emperor
- George Maniaces ( 11th Century Byzantine general)
- Nicephorus Botaniates (11th century Byzantine general, later emperor)
- Nicephorus Bryennius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Taticius (11th century Byzantine general)
- Robert Guiscard (Norman conqueror of Naples and S. Sicily)
- Godfrey Of Bouillon (leader of the First Crusade )
- Baldwin Of Boulogne (leader of the First Crusade)
- Baldwin Of Bourcq (leader of the First Crusade)
- Bohemond Of Taranto (leader of the First Crusade)
- Tancred (leader of the First Crusade)
- Raymond IV Of Toulouse (leader of the First Crusade)
- Stephen, Count Of Blois (leader of the First Crusade)
- Hughes De Payens (founder of the Knights Templar)
- George Of Antioch
- Frederick Barbarossa (Holy Roman Emperor and Crusader)
- Raymond III Of Tripoli (Crusader general)
- Raynald Of Chatillon (Crusader general)
- Gerard De Ridefort (Grand Master of the Knights Templar )
- Jobert Of Syria (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller )
- Roger De Moulins (Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller )
- Richard I Of England (King of England , often referred as Richard the Lionhearted, known for his participation in the Third Crusade )
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah ( Fatimid Vizier )
- Saladin (Leader of the Muslims , known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the crusaders' hand)
- Yoon Gwan (Korean General)
- Boniface Of Montferrat (leader of the Fourth Crusade )
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (leader of the Fifth Crusade and Sixth Crusade )
- Hermann Of Salza (Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights )
- Yi Seong-gye (Emperor of Korea)
Zuleika Lazarevic, Serbian princess who was bayezid Yildrim's aide de camp, skinned alive in 1403 by orders of TimurLenk(Silvio Levallois Lenoury, French historian)
- Yi Sun-shin (Korean Admiral)
- Kwon Yul (Marshal of Korea)
- Minamoto No Yoshitsune ( Japanese general whose decisive victories brought down the Taira clan during the Gempei War )
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( Japanese general, he seized control over Japan after the death of Oda Nobunaga )
- John III Sobieski ( King Of Poland Savior Of Vienna And Western European Civilization )
- Tokugawa Ieyasu ( Daimyo , the first to unite the whole Japan and a founder of a Shogunate that lasted over 250 years)
- Genghis Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols )
- Ögedei Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols )
- Subutai Bahadur (General and childhood friend of Genghis Khan)
- Batu Khan (Mongolian conqueror)
- Tran Hung Dao (Vietnamese Grand General, under his guidance, Vietnamese defeated the Mongols twice)
- Kublai Khan (Great Khan of the Mongols , conqueror of China)
- Alexander Nevsky ( Prince of Novgorod , Grand Prince of Vladimir, Saint and national Hero of Russia )
- Wolter Von Plettenberg (Master of the Livonian Order )
- Edward I Of England (known as the Hammer of the Scots )
- William Wallace (Scottish Knight and freedom fighter)
- Robert The Bruce (Scottish King and freedom fighter)
- Khair Ad Din (Also known as Barbarossa, an Admiral in the Ottoman Empire)
- Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (Muslim Arab soldier and general, undfeated throughout his career)
- Louis IX Of France (leader of the Seventh Crusade and Eighth Crusade )
- Edward III Of England (English King in the Hundred Years' War )
- Edward The Black Prince , heir to the throne of England
- Roger De Flor (leader of the Catalan Company )
- Scanderbeg Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443-1468
- Stephen The Great Moldavia ruler
- Mehmed II the Conqueror (Ottoman Sultan, conquered Constantinople in 1453)
- Mehmed Pasa Sokollu (Ottoman military leader and Grand Vizier during the reign of Suleiman and Selim II )
- Joan Of Arc (National heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church )
- El Cid ( Spanish Knight and hero)
- Tamerlane (Timur Lenk, Mongol-Turk conqueror)
- King Henry V Of England , a seasoned warrior at the age of sixteen
- Jan Zizka (Commander of Taborite Army in Bohemia 's Hussite Wars )
- Suleiman The Magnificent (Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
- Alp Arslan (Sultan of the Seljuk Empire)
- Don John Of Austria (Spanish admiral)
- Lapu-Lapu (Datu in Mindanao Island, Phils.)
- Nadir Shah , Iran
- Hernán Cortés (Spanish Conquistador )
- Konstanty Ostrogski
- Nzinga Of Ndongo And Matamba (Warrior Queen of the Mbundu people; kept Portugal at bay)
- Shivaji (Ruler of the Maratha empire)
- Sir Walter Raleigh ( English Admiral under Queen Elizabeth I )
- Francisco Pizarro (Spanish Conquistador , conquered the Inca )
- Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky
- Louis II De Condé
- Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne, Vicomte De Turenne
- Koxinga ( Ming general, took over Taiwan )
- Jan Sobieski
- Prince Eugene Of Savoy (Austria)
- Maurice, Comte De Saxe (France)
- Oliver Cromwell ( English Civil War )
- Albrecht Von Wallenstein (general in the Thirty Years' War )
- Johan T'Serclaes, Count Of Tilly (general in the Thirty Year's War )
- Louis Of Nassau , brother of William The Silent commander in the Eighty Years' War
- Charles De Héraugière , the Eighty Years' War commander of a special force, which conquered Breda in a "Trojan Horse" action.
- Ernst Casimir Van Nassau-Dietz military commander in the Eighty Years' War , Stadtholder of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe for the Dutch Republic
- Frederick Henry, Prince Of Orange , Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic , overall commander of the Dutch forces (Captain and Admiral-General) in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Maurice Of Nassau, Prince Of Orange , Stadtholder , military commander in the Eighty Years' War for the Dutch Republic
- Hendrik Casimir I Van Nassau-Dietz , military commander in the Eighty Years' War , Stadtholder of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein , vice-admiral and admiral during the Eighty Years' War
- Maarten Tromp , Admiral during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Michiel De Ruyter , The Netherlands (admiral in the First Anglo-Dutch War , the Second Anglo-Dutch War , the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Franco-Dutch War
- Heino Heinrich Graf Von Flemming ( Austria )
- Duke Of Marlborough ( War Of The Spanish Succession )
- Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden
- Gottfried Heinrich Graf Zu Pappenheim
- Alexander Menshikov
- Charles XII Of Sweden
- Frederick II Of Prussia
- Peter Rumyantsev
- Alexander Suvorov
- Feodor Ushakov
- George Washington
- John Stark (Victor at the Battle Of Bennington )
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France)
- --- Jean Baptiste Bessieres
- --- Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
- --- Joachim Murat
- --- Louis Nicolas Davout
- --- Louis Alexandre Berthier
- --- Michel Ney
- --- Jean Lannes
- --- Auguste Marmont
- --- Laurent, Marquis De Gouvion Saint-Cyr
- --- Nicolas Oudinot
- --- Nicolas Jean De Dieu Soult
- --- Guillaume Brune
- --- Jean Baptiste Jourdan
- --- André Masséna
- --- Louis Gabriel Suchet
- Jose De San Martin (Argentine General. Liberator of Argentina , Chile and Peru )
- Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Of Wellington
- Horatio Nelson British Navy Officer (late 1700 to 1805)
- Isaac Brock (British major general in Canada during War of 1812)
- François-Marie, 1st Duc De Broglie
- Victor-Maurice, Comte De Broglie
- Gebhard Leberecht Von Blücher
- Peter Wittgenstein
- Petr Bagration
- Andres Bonifacio (Katipunero)
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