Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, first in Hannibal's personal ranking of the greatest leaders in history
Obviously, drawing up rankings is an ancient custom, since even the brilliant Carthaginian strategist Hannibal he couldn't resist compiling his own.
Topic?
And which one, if not that of the condottieri ?
In the first place of his personal ranking, judging him the greatest of all, Annibale placed Pirro , king of Epirus, second to the Roman Scipio and himself (modest!) only to the third.
Alexander the Great ?
Unlike his contemporaries, who considered him an unattainable myth, he for some reason, Hannibal did not mention him.