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    Default The Greatest General 390BC-14AD

    "Oh not another one of these I hear you say", yes! But with a difference! This poll is dedicated to those generals that we class as "barbarians".

    Two things I will explain to prevent people asking them later:

    1. Why 390BC rather than EBs start date of 272BC? This was done purely to include the two leaders we know as Brennus as their achievements (sacking Rome and defeating Macedon and invading Greece) deserve mention, I feel.

    2. What are you classing as "barbarians?". Celts, Germans, Iberians, Celtiberians, Numidians, Iranian Steppe Peoples, Dacians and Thracians because apart from being described as barbarians by classical authors (for example Herodotus lists the Celts, Scythians, Libyans and Thracians as the frour great barbarian peoples) their own form of civilisation is sufficiently different from the Eastern and Hellenic influenced civilisations of the Mediterranean and East to warrant the term "barbarian".

    DISCLAIMER: If this poll is missing someone you feel would be a suitable candidate I apologise, my knowledge is finite.
    Last edited by Brennus; 06-30-2011 at 11:29.



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