List of military commanders

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[edit] Ancient

[edit] Illyria

• Agron (250 BC–230 BC) The first king to unite the Illyrian tribes together and form a kingdom. During his rule Illyria was a strong kingdom which had a strong military force, especially naval. He successfully stopped the attacks of the Roman Empire and the Aetolians by keeping his kingdom free till his death.

[edit] Armenia

• Artaxias I (189 BC–159 BC) Armenian king, founded the Artaxiad Dynasty, the beginnings of the Armenian Golden Age.
• Tigranes the Great (95 BC–55 BC) Armenian king, extended the Kingdom of Armenia to its greatest extent.
• Vartan Mamikonian (d. 451) Sparapet, commander of Armenian forces during the Battle of Avarayr against the Sassanids which preserved Christianity in Armenia.
• Ashot II (914–928) Armenian king, defeated Arabs.
• Leo I, King of Armenia

[edit] Berbers

• Lusius Quietus governor of Judaea and one of Trajan's chief generals. See Kitos War.
• Masinissa (c. 238 BC – c. 148 BC) was the first King of Numidia, an ancient North African nation of ancient Libyan peoples, and is most famous for his role as a Roman ally in the Battle of Zama.

[edit] Britons

• Boudica c. 25 AD – c. 62 AD, Queen of the Iceni, led an uprising against the invading forces of the Roman Empire.

[edit] Carthage

• Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal.
• Hannibal, famed Punic general who was Rome's greatest enemy during the Second Punic War. Hannibal won major battles against the Roman Republic, including the Battle of Lake Trasimene, and the Battle of Cannae.

[edit] Ancient China

• Sun Tzu (Warring States period) General, author of The Art of War
• Wu Qi (Warring States period) General, author of Wu-tzu
• Sun Bin (Warring States period) General, author of Sun Bin Bing Fa
• Yue Yi (Warring States period) General, who almost single-handedly destroyed Qi
• Tian Dan (Warring States period) General, who single-handedly resurrected Qi from destruction
• Xiang Yu (Qin) General and rebel against Qin
• Ban Chao Han Dynasty general who led campaigns against the Xiongnu Confederation into Western Asia.
• Han Xin (Han Dynasty) Considered the best general of his time, helped Liu Bang defeat Xiang Yu
• Wei Qing (Han Dynasty) General under Emperor Wu of Han, best known for his decisive campaigns against the Huns
• Huo Qubing (Han Dynasty) General under Emperor Wu of Han
• Cao Cao (Three Kingdoms period) prime minister, military governor, and de facto ruler of the Wei Kingdom, military strategist
• Guan Yu (Three Kingdoms period) Legendary for his loyalty and martial prowess, and deified as the God of War in the Sui Dynasty
• Zhou Yu (Three Kingdoms period) Military strategist
• Zhuge Liang (Three Kingdoms period) Military strategist, adviser to Liu Bei
• Xie Xuan (Jin Dynasty (265–420)) Military strategist
• Ran Min (Southern and Northern Dynasties) One of few Chinese warlords in the north, well known for his genocide against the Jie people
• Li Jing (Tang Dynasty) General, military strategist, best known for his decisive campaign against the Göktürks
• Li Shiji (Tang Dynasty) General, military strategist, best known for conquering Goguryeo
• Yue Fei (Song Dynasty) General, military strategist

[edit] Ancient Egypt

• Mentuhotep II
• Senusret III
• Ahmose I
• Thutmose I
• Thutmose III
• Seti I
• Ramesses II
• Merneptah
• Ramesses III
• Shoshenq I
• Psamtik I
• Necho II
• Psammetichus II
• Ahmose II

[edit] Gaul

• Brennus (4th century), Gallic chieftain who sacked rome in 390BC.
• Vercingetorix (72 BC–46 BC), Gallic warlord who fought against Julius Caesar during the Gallic War.
• Ambiorix; Gallic leader that resisted Caesar's invasion of Eastern Gaul.

[edit] Germania

• Arminius (16 BC–21 AD), war chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci.
• Alaric I (375–410), Gothic King, defeated several Roman armies and sacked the city of Rome.

[edit] Goths

• Fritigern (Western Gothic chieftain whose military victories in the Gothic War of 376–382)
• Alatheus (Greuthung chieftain and general)
• Saphrax (Ostrogoth duke and war leader)
• Theodoric the Great (King of Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy)

[edit] Ancient Greece

• Miltiades the Younger (550 BC–489 BC), Athenian general during the Persian Wars.
• Callimachus, Athenian general during the Greco-Persian Wars.
• Themistocles (525 BC–460 BC), Athenian admiral during the Persian Wars.
• Leonidas (d. 480 BC), Spartan king, leader of the 300 Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae.
• Eurybiades, Spartan general during the Persian Wars.
• Pausanias – Spartan general during the Persian Wars.
• Cimon (Athenian general)
• Callias (Athenian general)
• Pericles (Athenian politician and general during the Peloponnesian War)
• Pyrrhus of Epirus (king of the Greek tribe of Molossians(from ca. 297 BC), Epirus (306–301, 297–272 BC) and Macedon (288–284, 273–272 BC))
• 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), author of History of 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)
• Lysander (Spartan admiral during the Peloponnesian War)
• Xenophon – Elected Commander of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries against Artaxerxes II of Persia
• Epaminondas; Theban general that defeated the spartans at the battle of Leuctra.
• Philip II of Macedon (Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great)
• Alexander the Great, King of Macedon who conquered the Achaemenid Empire and the Punjab and Indus.
• Ptolemy I Soter, One of Alexander's generals, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, he was the first ruler of the Ptolemaic Egypt.
• 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.
• Xanthippus, Greek Mercenary General, fought for Carthage against Pyrrhus of Epirus.
• Antigonus I Monophthalmus, founder of the Antigonid Dynasty.
• Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty.
• The Diadochi

[edit] Huns

Modun (233–192), king of the Huns

• Attila the Hun (406–453), king of the Huns, often referred as Scourge of God by the Romans.
• Bleda (390–445), a Hun ruler, the brother of Attila the Hun.

[edit] India

• Divodas 'Atithingva' (15th century BC) He defeated the Shamber,who was the biggest enemy of Aryans . Divodas defeated him, destroyed his 999 castles and got first supremacy among Aryan Kings .
• Sudas (circa 15th century BC), Indian king who defeated the ten Rigvedic tribes in the Battle of the Ten Kings
• Mahapadmnanda (4th century BC) He uprooted all local Kshatriya dynasties and republics and form strongest Magadha empire of that time.
• Chandragupta Maurya (Sandrocottus) (c. 340–293 BC), Maurya King who conquered the Nanda Empire and northern Indian subcontinent, and defeated Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire and other former generals of Alexander the Great.
• Ashoka the Great (c. 304 BC–232 BC), Maurya King who conquered Kalinga
• Kharavela (c. 193 BC) Emperor of Kalinga from Chedi Dynasty, who led many successful campaigns against Kingdoms of Magadha, Anga, Satavahanas and regions of Pandyan Empire. He is known to have forced the Indo-Greek king Demetrius to retreat from Mathura.
• Vasumitra (between approx 130 to 110 BC) He was the grand son of Pushyamitra, founder of Shunga dynasty. He defeated Greeks on the bank of river Indus .
• Vikramaditya (58–10 BC) He was the president of Republic of Malavas and organized a successful national resistance against Scythian invaders . He established 'Malav calendar' which is still practiced by Hindus as 'VIKRAM SAMVAT' or Vikram's calendar
• Karikala Chola (c.270 CE), Chola king who defeated the Pandya and Chera kings in the Battle of Venni and conquered the Singhalese kingdom
• Samudragupta 'the Napoleon of India' (319–380 AD), Gupta Empire king who conquered over 20 Indian, Scythian and Kushan kingdoms. His supremacy was used to accept by whole INDIAN SUBCONTINENT .
• Chandragupta II 'Vikramaditya (380–415 AD), Gupta king who conquered 21 Indian, Greek, Persian, Kamboja, Kirata and Transoxianan kingdoms . It is said that he reached up to Oxus river, according to Raghuvansham of Kaalidas and Mehroli iron pillar inscription
• Skandgupta (455–467 AD) He saved India from first Hun attack (Bheetari pillar inscription)
• Yashodharman (approx 550 AD) He led national resistance against Mihirgul ' the Hun ' and terminated Huns power from India
• Harshvardhana (606–650 AD) He won whole north India and established strongest empire of India at that time
• Lalitaditya 'Muktaapeed' (mid 8th century AD) He successfully stopped the invasion of Arabian and Tibetian invasion and established a large empire to defeat his north Indian rival ruler Yashoverman
• Govind 'the third ' (8th century AD) He not only sprayed Rashtrkuta empire in whole south India but defeated the Pratiharas and Palas also and impelled them to accept his supremacy . He was the strongest king of India at that time
• Mihirbhoj Pratihar (836–889 AD) He not only stopped Arabian invasion but did counterattack on Arabians of Sindh. As a result importance of Arabians as a political power terminated for ever . An Arabian traveler described him as 'biggest enemy of Islam on the Earth'
• Rajendra Chola (1012–1044 AD) Conquered south India and defeated the Northern Singhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Andmaan, and a major part of the Shailendra empire [ Today's Indonesia and Malaysia]. He also had some success against Udisa and Bengal. He was also known for his naval ability.

[edit] Ancient Israel

• Joshua (circa 1200 BC), led Hebrew forces against Amalek and Canaan
• David (d. 965 BC), former mercenary commander, established an empire from Homs to Eilat
• Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 BC), leader of Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire
• Jonathan Maccabeus (d. 143 BC)
• Simon Maccabeus (d. 132 BC), took part in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his brothers. First prince of the Hasmonean Dynasty
• Simon Bar Giora (d. 70 CE), was a leader of revolutionary forces during the First Jewish-Roman War in the 1st century Judea
• John of Giscala (d. 70 CE), was a leader of revolutionary forces during the First Jewish-Roman War in the 1st century Judea
• Simon Bar Kokhba (d. AD 135), leader of the second Jewish rebellion against Rome

[edit] Japan

• Mononobe no Arakabi Minister and general. Crushed the rebellion of Tukushi no Iwai
• Ōno no Azumabito (Chinjufu Shogun) Constructed Fort Taga
• Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (Seii taishōgun)

[edit] Korea

• King Dongmyeongseong (Founder of the Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea)
• Myeongnim Dap-bu (Goguryeo general)
• Eulji Mundeok (Goguryeo general)
• Gang Yi-sik (Goguryeo general)
• Yeon Gaesomun (Goguryeo general)
• Yang Manchun (Goguryeo general)
• Gyebaek (Baekje general)
• Kim Yushin (Silla general)
• Kim Wonsul (Silla general, Kim Yushin's son)
• Dae Jo-yeong (Founder of the Balhae)
• Jang Bogo (Silla general)

[edit] Mesopotamia

• Gilgamesh King of Uruk
• Hammurabi King of Babylon conquered many native peoples.
• Nebuchadrezzar II King of the Chaldeans and conqueror of Judah.
• Tiglath-Pileser III King of Assyria. Conqueror of Israel, Syria, other lands that became Assyria, force Judah to pay tribute.
• Sargon King of Akkad. Created strong Akkadian kingdom.
• Ben-hadad King of Aram. Often fought Israel and, on occasion, Judah.

[edit] Persia (during Classical Antiquity)

[edit] Persian Empire

• Cyrus the Great (590 BC–529 BC), who conquered the Median Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Lydian Empire and Asia Minor founding the Persian Empire.
• Mardonius, Persian general during the Greco-Persian Wars
• Darius I of Persia (Darius the Great) (549 BC–486 BC), conquered all the territories between Asia Minor, Egypt, northern Greece and the Danube
• Xerxes I of Persia (Xerxes the Great) (519 BC–465 BC), conqueror of several Greek cities, burning Athens.
• Artaphernes, Persian general, brother of Darius I
• Darius III of Persia (Artashata) (380 BC–330 BC), It was under his rule that the Persian Empire was conquered during the Wars of Alexander the Great.
• Ariobarzan (d. 330 BC), Persian satrap. He commanded 700 Persian immortals who fought against Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Persian Gate. In this battle Ariobarzan successfully held the army of Alexander at bay for 30 days. Some historians have described him as the Leonidas of Persia.

[edit] Seleucid Empire

• Seleucus I Nicator (358BC–281BC),One of Alexander the Great's officers that fought in the Wars of the Diadochi after his death.
• Antiochus III the Great (241–187), Ruler of the Seleucid empire, fought aganist Ptolemaic Egypt and Rome. Also lead expeditions into Bactria and India.

[edit] Parthian Empire

• Mithridates the Great, expanded Parthia's control eastward by defeating King Eucratides of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. During his reign the Parthians took Herat (in 167 BC), Babylonia (in 144 BC), Media in (141 BC) and Persia in (139 BC). In 139 BC, Mithridates I captured the Seleucid King Demetrius II, and held him captive for 10 years while consolidating his conquests.
• Phraates II,defeated and killed Antiochus VII Sidetes in a battle in Media in 129 BC, which ended the Seleucid rule east of the Euphrates.
• Mithridates II, the Parthian Empire reached its greatest extent during his reign. He protected the kingdom from the Saka tribes, who occupied Bactria and the east of Iran and killed two of his predecessors in battle. He defeated King Artavasdes I of Armenia and conquered seventy valleys, making the heir to the Armenian throne, prince Tigranes, a political hostage. In 123 BC and 115 BC he received Chinese ambassadors sent by the Han emperor Wu Di to reopen the Silk Road through negotiations.
• 'Surena, Parthian general who defeated Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae.
• Phraates IV,initially lost territory to Roman general Mark Antony in 36 BC but quickly recovered Media Atropatene and drove Artaxias, the son of Artavasdes, back into Armenia when Mark Antony's war with Octavian broke out.
• Artabanus II, after a civil war with his predecessor Vonones I he succeeded to the throne.
• Vardanes I, in 43 he forced the city of Seleucia on the Tigris to submit. Civil war with his brother Gotarzes II of Parthia resulted in his assassination.
• Vologases IV, he reunited the two halves of the empire. He also reconquered the kingdom of Characene. He might have been the king who began compiling the writings of Zoroaster. In about 155 BC with a dispute over the kingdom of Armenia war began with Rome which Parthia lost in 166.
• Artabanus IV, defeated the Roman Empire under Marcus Opellius Macrinus at the Battle of Nisibis (217) after which the Romans gave up all their ambitions in the region, restored the booty, and paid a heavy contribution to the Parthians.

[edit] Sassanid Empire

• Ardashir I, established the Sassanid Empire by conquering the Parthian Empire and defeating King Artabanus IV after several years of brutal warfare. Artabanus IV was killed in 216 ending the 400-year rule of the Parthian Empire. Ardashir I conquered the provinces of Sistan, Gorgan, Khorasan, Margiana (in modern Turkmenistan), Balkh, and Chorasmia. Bahrain and Mosul were also added to Sassanid possessions later as well. He defeated Roman Emperor Alexander Severus in 232 at the Battle near Ctesiphon.
• Shapur I conquered the Mesopotamian fortresses Nisibis and Carrhae and advanced into Syria. But was defeated by Timesitheus at the Battle of Resaena in 243. He defeated Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249) at the Battle of Misiche. In 253 he defeated Roman Emperor Valerian at the Battle of Barbalissos. This resulted in the conquest of Armenia and invasion of Syria, and he plundered Antioch. Valerian marched against him, but was defeated and captured at the Battle of Edessa by Shahpur I. The outcome of the battle was an overwhelming victory, with the entire 70,000-strong Roman force being slain or captured.
• Narseh, in 296, fed up with incursions made by the Armenian monarch Tiridates III, Narseh invaded Armenia.Surprised by the sudden attack, Tiridates fled his kingdom. The Roman emperor Diocletian dispatched his son-in-law Galerius with a large army to Tiridates's aid. Galerius invaded Mesopotamia, which Narseh had occupied hoping to check his advance. Three battles were fought subsequently, the first two of which were indecisive. In the third fought at Callinicum, Galerius suffered a complete defeat and was forced to retreat. Later Galerius would have his revenge and defeat Narseh. The end result was a peace treaty.
• Shapur II, led an expedition through Bahrain, defeated the combined forces of the Arab tribes of Taghleb, Bakr bin Wael, and Abd Al-Qays and advanced temporarily into Yamama in central Najd. He resettled these tribes in Kerman and Ahvaz. Arabs named him Shabur Dhul-aktaf which means The owner of the shoulders after this battle. A twenty-six year conflict (337–363) began in two series of wars with Roman Empire, the first from 337 to 350 against Constantius II. Although often victorious, Shapur II made scarcely any progress. The second series of war began in 359 with Shahpur II conquering Amida and he took Singara and some other fortresses in the next year (360). In 363 Emperor Julian defeated a superior Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, but was killed during his retreat at the Battle of Samarra. His successor Jovian (363–364) made an ignominious peace, by which the districts beyond the Tigris which had been acquired in 298 were handed over along with Nisibis and Singara, and the promise not to interfere in Armenia. The outcome was a strategic victory for Shahpur II. Shapur II invaded Armenia, where he took King Arshak II prisoner and forced him to commit suicide. Shapur II subdued the Kushans and took control of the entire area now known as Afghanistan and Pakistan. By his death in 379 the Sassinid Empire was stronger than ever before, considerably larger than when he came to the throne, the eastern enemies were pacified and had gained control over Armenia.

[edit] Ancient Rome

• Cincinnatus (519 BC – 430 BC?) was an ancient Roman political figure, serving as consul in 460 BC and Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC. He saved Roman army and defeated the Aequians.
• Fabius Maximus (275 BC–203 BC), Roman general remembered for intimidating Hannibal with a stalking technique still known today as Fabian strategy.
• Scipio Africanus (Scipio Africanus Major) (235 BC–183 BC), defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in Second Punic War.
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus, known as Macedonicus for subduing and annexing the Kingdom of Macedon.
• Spartacus, known for leading a rebel slave upraising in the Third Servile War
• Marcus Licinius Crassus, suppressed the slave revolt led by Spartacus and entered into the political alliance known as the First Triumvirate.
• Scipio Asiaticus (2nd century BC), he was a brother of Scipio Africanus Maior, he got his nickname Asiaticus when he defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire
• Titus Quinctius Flamininus (228 BC–174 BC), Roman general
• Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus Minor) (185 BC–129 BC), adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, he was active during the Third Punic War
• Cato the Elder (234 BC, Tusculum–149 BC).
• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (d. 115 BC), Roman Consul, conqueror of Macedon
• Gaius Marius (157 BC–86 BC), Roman general, reorganized the Roman Legion
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 BC–78 BC), Roman general and dictator
• Quintus Sertorius (122 BC–72 BC), Roman general
• Pompey (106 BC–48 BC), Roman general, Caesar's greatest rival and leader of the Republican army during the civil war
• Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC), Roman military leader and dictator, conquered Gaul and defeated his rival Pompey in a civil war.
• Mark Antony (83 BC–30 BC), Roman general and triumvir, served under Julius Caesar as his Master of Horse.
• Augustus (63 BC–14 AD), the first Roman Emperor, successor of Julius Caesar. He wasn't a military commander per se.
• Marcus Agrippa (63 BC–12 BC), Roman general that was Augustus' friend and leading general. Defeated Mark Antony at the decisive naval battle of Actium.
• Germanicus Julius Caesar (16 BC or 15 BC–19 AD), Roman general and commander of Germania, he was also the father of Caligula.
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40–93), Roman general that conquered large portions of Britain for the Roman Empire.
• Trajan (53–117), Roman Emperor, extended the Roman Empire to its greatest extent.
• Stilicho (359–408), a late Roman general.
• Aurelian (215–275), Roman Emperor, Reunited the Roman Empire after decades of civil war during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth.
• Constantine I (272)–337, Roman emperor. Famous for being the first Christian Roman Emperor. Helped to put an end to institutionalized persecution of Christians in the Empire.
• Valens (328–378), Roman emperor and military commander, killed in the Battle of Adrianople.
• Flavius Aetius (396–454), Roman general, checked the invasion of Attila the Hun.

[edit] Middle Ages

• Songtsen Gampo (Tibetan warrior king)
• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl Toltec leader and conqueror
• Maharana Pratap Rana of Mewar
• Lapu-Lapu (Datu in Mactan Island, Philippines)
• George of Antioch (Sicilian admiral)
• Tran Hung Dao (Vietnamese Grand General, under his guidance, Vietnamese defeated the Mongols three times)
• Wolter von Plettenberg (Master of the Livonian Order)
• Hermann of Salza (Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights)
• Roger de Flor (leader of the Catalan Company)
• Władysław II Jagiełło (King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, winner of great battle with Teutonic Order Army – Grunwald 1410)
• Scanderbeg Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443–1468
• Stephen the Great (Moldavia ruler)
• Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad is best known for his resistance against the Ottoman Empire and its expansion)
• Jan Zizka (Commander of Taborite Army in Bohemia's Hussite Wars)
• John Hunyadi (vlach-Hungarian general, governor of Hungary)
• Nicholas Zrinski/Zrinyi (Croatian-Hungarian military leader)
• Milos Obilic (Serbian Knight who killed Turkish Sultan Murad I during the Battle of Kosovo)
• Þórður kakali Sighvatsson (Icelandic chieftain and military leader in Iceland in 13th century)

[edit] Africa

• Sundiata Keita defeated Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté at the Battle of Kirina in 1235 and established the Mali Empire. Mali became one of the wealthiest Muslim kingdoms in the world at the time (roughly 1230–1450), exporting gold by the ton to North Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

• Shaka Zulu leader of the zulu nation.

[edit] Albania

• Lekë Dukagjini (1410–81) was an Albanian prince who fought against the Ottoman Empire.
• Skanderbeg (Albanian prince and general against the Ottoman encroachement in Europe 1443–1468)

[edit] Franks

• Clovis (First Christian King of the Franks)
• Charles Martel (Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of the Franks)
• Charlemagne (King of the Franks, and Holy Roman Emperor)
• Philip II (King of France, Crusader, and Conqueror of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Maine)

[edit] China

• An Lushan (General during Emperor Xuanzong's reign, a Lushan is of Sogdian descent)
• Yue Fei (Chinese general during the Southern Song Dynasty) known for his legendary tattoo saying Ultimate Loyalty, Serve your Country
• Yang Ye (General serving the Later Han and Northern Song Dynasties)
• Han Shizhong (Chinese general during the Southern Song Dynasty) fought beside Yue Fei in the campaign to drive out the Jin Jurchen dynasty
• Zhu Yuanzhang (First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty) led the rebellion against the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
• Sun Tzu (a heroic general of the king of Wu, Helü) Most famous for his work The Art of War, one of the most famous books on military strategy.

[edit] Korea

• Wang Geon (Founder of Goryeo Dynasty)
• Gang Jo
• Gang Gam-chan
• Yun Gwan
• Jeong Jung-bu
• Gyeong Dae-seung
• Choe Chung-heon
• Choe U
• Choe Mu-seon
• Choe Yeong
• Yi Ja-chun
• Yi Seong-gye (Founder of Joseon Dynasty)
• Yi Jong Mu
• Shin Rip
• Yi Sun-sin
• Kwon Yul
• Gwak Jae-woo
• Kim Si-min
• Yi Eok-gi
• Won Gyun
• Gang Hong-rip
• Im Gyeong Eop
• Shin Ryu

[edit] Bulgaria

• Tervel – crushed the Arab army, thus helped to relieve the Siege of Constantinople, 717–718.
• Krum – destroyed almost the entire Byzantine army in the Battle of Pliska in 811.
• Simeon the Great – Defeated and expelled the Magyars from the Balkans.

in 896, annihilated the entire Byzantine army in the Battle of Anchialus in 917.

• Ivan Asen I – recovered Bulgarian territories from the Byzantines and ultimately restored Bulgarian independence.
• Kaloyan- Also known as the 'Romanslayer', during the Fourth Crusade, he crushed the Latin Crusaders at the Battle of Adrianople and defeated them repeatedly afterwards thus sealing the fate of the gravely weakened Latin Empire.

[edit] Byzantine Empire

• Constantine I, first Roman emperor to be considered Byzantine
• Theodosius II, emperor
• Belisarius, one of the most acclaimed generals in history, served during the reign of Justinian I.
• Narses, general of Armenian origin, in service of Justinian I
• Mundus, general of Gepid origin, in service of Justinian I
• Maurice, Byzantine general and emperor
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