Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
Why? Why is he better than Hannibal?
Why isen't he? His campaigns and battles show skills that can easily be said to outshine Alexander's, Khan's, and even Hannibal's.

His tactics to politically control Gaul by keeping its tribes seperated showed much greater knowledge than Hannibal. And ofcourse his even greater showing in gaining the popular support of the people and later even most of the senate is remarkable considering that roman politics could be considered the harshest in history.

His tactics in his battles like Avaricum, Alesia, Thapsus, etc.. easily rival Hannibal's and Alexander's victories. But the subject that Caesar outshine EVERY SINGLE OTHER COMMANDER EVER is in engineering, in that Caesar has no equals. Unlike other commanders like Khan or Alexander who simply had many engineers, Caesar himself was the leading engineer. He designed the amazing bridge to cross the Rhine River, he even invented a brand new ship to cross the British Channel (it was a hybrid between the Roman and Gallic fleets), his fortifications and engineering in Alesia, Charleroi, Ilerdia, etc... were absolutely the greatest in history, he even had major plans to beautify Rome and create canals, roads, etc.. all over the empire. Caesar was the first general in history to use field fortifications as a tactical device, like in Alexandria how he turned an entire section of the city into a giant fortress, again making use of innovative construction methods, as well as coming up with new tactics to use in the fighting.

Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, Alexander's siege at Tyre, and Khan with his siege weapons were all great and all......but nothing compared to the sheer amount of innovation and brilliance Caesar showed. And this does not even fully take into account his other amazing showings in military, political and adminstraive, literary and oratical, and even astronomical affairs.

Only Napoleon with his amazing victories, great military knowledge, and equally impressive administrative skills can be considered Caesar's equal.