List military chiefs

You will find below a list of the military chiefs among most important.

She is ordered chronologically according to the times.

Antiquity

  • Aetius, Master of the militia and victorious of Attila.

  • Alexandre Large the
  • Arminius, chief of Chérusque, inflicts one of the largest reverses to the Romans with Teutoburg.
  • Ashoka (273 - 232 av. J. - C.), third emperor Maurya
  • Arsitès, satrap beaten by Alexandre Large the with the Battle of Granique.
  • Attila Hun
  • Boadicée, Breton queen revolted against the Romans in 60 - 61.
  • Bélisaire
  • Callicratidas, general Spartan
  • Callimaque Polémarque, general Athenian, victorious of the battle of Marathon with Miltiade.
  • Chabrias, Athenian strategist.
  • Cimon, general Athenian, true founder of the maritime empire of Athens.
  • Décébale
  • Epaminondas, general thébain, inventor of the order oblique, promoter of the crowned legion thebaine, victorious of the battles of Leuctres (- 371) and Mantinée (- 362).
  • general Eurybiade and admiral Spartan
  • Hannibal (general Carthaginian)
  • Jules César
  • Léosthène, general Athenian of the lamiaque War.
  • Lysandre, general Spartan, victorious of the Peloponnesian War.
  • Mardonios, general Persian.
  • Marius (general Roman)
  • Memnon of Rhodos, mercenary of Darius III, adversary of Alexandre Large the
  • Mentor of Rhodos, adversary then combined of the king Artaxerxès III, it takes part in the conquest of the Egypt.
  • Miltiade, general Athenian, winner with Marathon.
  • Néarque, admiral of Alexandre Large the.
  • Odénat, prince de Palmyre, victorious of Persians and the usurper Macrien.
  • Parménion, general of Alexandre Large the.
  • Pausanias, general Spartan
  • Pélopidas, general thébain
  • Philopoemen, general of the Achaean league.
  • Philotas, general who directs the cavalry of Alexandre Large the.
  • Polyperchon, general of Alexandre Large the.
  • Pumped (general Roman)
  • Probus, general of confidence of Aurélien which reconquers Egypt on Palmyréniens.
  • Pyrrhus Ier
  • Scipion the African (general Roman)
  • Stilicon
  • Timoléon, politician and Corinthian general.
  • Ramsès II
  • Thémistocle, the winner of Salamine.
  • Thrasybule, general Athenian restoring the democracy.
  • Trojan Powerful the, general Egyptian (642-606 av. J. - C.)
  • Vercingétorix
  • Zabdas, general palmyrénien of Zénobie and Waballath.

The Middle Ages

See also: Military chiefs of war the One hundred Year old - List of the cross main leaders

Rebirth

See also: Military chiefs of the wars of Italy - Military chiefs of the wars of religion

Modern time

Revolutionary wars

This period is distinguished with many extremely talented captains resulting from the people, and who do not have initial military formation, their qualities appearing with the combat.

See especially the complete listing: List of the generals of the Revolution and the First Empire

XIXe century

20th century

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