From the royal government to the imperial government, Rome produced a wide variety of people.
It can be said that Rome produced human resources in all fields such as politics, literature, history, geography, and natural sciences.
These achievements can be said to be the result of Roman security in a sense.
The Roman army was always strong.
Externally speaking, the secret of the strength of the Roman army, which can be said to be a permanent victory, lies in its intense training and excellent commander.
Obviously, it is advantageous to have a large number of battles.
No master can beat five enemies alone.
However, Roman heroes often completely defeat enemies with many times their strength.
Of course, it was a work that was always practiced like a real one, and it was a work that could only be a Roman soldier with the strength and morale of being able to become a Roman citizen, but still without a good commander It would not have been able to fully demonstrate its strength.
This time, I would like to introduce the ridiculously strong Roman generals who sometimes beat the giant elephants in a ranking format!
15th place:Agrippa
Agrippa was the right arm of Octavian, the first Roman emperor Augustus, and was also placed by Caesar to assist Octavian, who is not good at military affairs.
At first, probably because of his youth, he was defeated by Caesar assassin Brutus in the Battle of Philippi, but eventually he got into full swing, defeating Pompey's children and Lepidus, one of the pillars of the Triumvirate, and then the biggest. Succeeded in defeating his nemesis Antonius.
His military talent was seen as equal to Antonius, but gradually his talent blossomed, leading the Roman army to victory in the Cantabrian Wars in Spain and loyalty to Octavianus in his lifetime. I kept swearing.
Caesar, who saw the political talent of Octavian, who was only 17 years old, and the military talent of Agrippa, who was the same age, would have been a person with first-class eyes.
14th place:Germanicus
Germanicus was described by Tacitus, the greatest historian in Rome, as "a talent comparable to Alexander."
Augustus, the first emperor, expects Germanicus to be the next emperor and appoints his son-in-law, Tiberius, to adopt Germanicus as his next emperor.
From the beginning, Tiberius was a middle reliever emperor, but Germanicus died earlier than Tiberius, and that didn't happen.
As the name "Germanicus" implies, he was a big winner over the Germanic people, and he regained pride in the Romans who were defeated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Due to his premature death, even the "Germanicus myth" appears in Rome, and his dislike is culminated in the enthusiasm of Germanicus' son Caligula when he became emperor.
13th place:Emperor Maximinus Thrax
This person is not a Roman person but a person with an anecdote that seems to appear in Chinese history such as the Three Kingdoms.
A poor farmer, but proud of his mysterious power, Maximinus won 16 consecutive martial arts competitions held within the army corps one day, and it was the then emperor Septimius. It caught the eye of the emperor.
Emperor Septimius grinned at this young man of great physique, and when he got on the horse, he said," Can you follow me? " At first, it was just a rush, but gradually it was made to run at full speed. Maximinus said he kept up with it.
When I stopped the horse, I said" Can I fight? "And let him do something like wrestling. He is separated from humans because Maximinus has easily passed seven people since then.
Even if he led the army, he was still strong and won consecutive victories against his nemesis Germanic people, and was almost invincible in terms of battle alone, but in conflict with the Senate, the highest decision-making body in Rome, the Senate made another person the emperor. I approve it.
Another person was assassinated by a Maximinus soldier, then another emperor was assassinated, and Maximinus himself was assassinated by his subordinates, and a total of five emperors were assassinated in Rome this year. It became a situation.
He hasn't betrayed, but may be close to Lu Bu of Sangokushi in that he relied solely on armed forces.
12th place:Emperor Callus
For a long time Rome could not beat the Sassanid Empire.
On the contrary, Emperor Valerianus and others are captured in the Sasanian Empire.
It was Roman emperor Callus who finally won the Sassanid dynasty.
The battle was a streak of victories, followed by a streak of victories, and the momentum was to drive the Sasanian dynasty to extinction.
11th place:Emperor Lucius Domitius Aurelianus
Few Japanese people know about this emperor.
Although not known in Japan, the Roman Empire has been divided into three parts. It is this Empire Aurelian who reunited the three divided empires into one.
As soon as he became emperor, Aurelian, who defeated the Germanic people, destroyed the Palmyra Empire, which was dominated by the Queen Zenobia, and the Gallic Empire, which was independent in the Gallic region, and was assassinated by his secretary, one of his arms.
He was on the throne for only five years, during which time he defeated his powerful enemies one after another and united Rome into one of his military talents, one of the best pay-for-performance emperors. Would have been.
Aurelian is not a military-oriented person, but also builds a wall that surrounds Rome, which is called the Aurelian wall.
10th place:Emperor Trajan
He is the person who realized the largest version of Rome, and he is one of the best in the history of the world, even if there is no such thing as Rome.
He was invincible in combat, such as defeating the Germanic people in Dacia and making them a province, and succeeded in making Armenia and Mesopotamia their territory.
What does it mean to be 10th in Trajan? You might think, but from here on, there are only battle monsters.
It would have been higher if Emperor Trajan had lived a little longer and was able to defeat Parthian Empire, but there is no anecdote that he defeated many with a mercenary or the enemy was a monster class. It can't be helped to get low.
9th place:Emperor Maximian
He may be in a state of sleep, but he was active as an emperor along with Emperor Diocletian.
A man like Diocletian chose to be his partner, his military talent is tremendous, and his main battle history is as follows.
Five Conquests General Germanicus Maximus V (twice in 287, 288, 293, 301)
Three Conquests General Sarmaticus Maximus III (289, 294, 300 years)
General Armeniacus (298)
General Media (Medicus Maximus, 298)
General Adiabenicus Maximus (298)
Two conquests General Persicus Maximus II (295, 298)
General Carpicus Maximus (297)
General Britannicus Maximus (297)
Rome has a lot of layers because it is only possible to enter the top 10 with such a battle history.
By the way, the daughter of Emperor Maximian is the queen of Emperor Constantine, who is famous for the Edict of Milan, but Emperor Maximian himself was assassinated by Emperor Constantine and will reach the end.
As is often the case in Roman history, a man who has been victorious against a strong enemy is eventually killed by a man who should be on his side.
8th place:Marcus Furius Camillus
Without Camillus, Rome would have been destroyed.
If so, there was no later Rome, and the modern political system may have changed.
Rome is famous for its dislike of dictatorship, but in its republican Rome, it was appointed as a dictator five times, and even though it won the battle with the Etruscans, the enemy of Rome, it was chased by the country. When the Gauls who thought they attacked Rome and occupied half of Rome, they returned and achieved the feat of defeating the Gauls.
Rome after Camillus did not allow the invasion of the enemy, and the next enemy to come to Rome was the time of Emperor Honorius 800 years later.
7th place:Gaius Marius
It's a complete battle maniac.
At the beginning of the first century of civil war, Roman troops were weakened and often suffered defeats.
It was Gaius Marius who embarked on military reform.
Marius was nicknamed the third founder of Rome after the Jugurthine War and the Cimbrian War, which was caused by the King of Numidia, but when he was old he madly slaughtered Roman citizens and became ill. We have reached the end of our death.
He is by far the best in combat, especially in the Cimbrian War against the Germanic people, who has won over 100,000 Germanic opponents with about 30,000 troops in large-scale battles. I never experienced a defeat.
Although the battle is a great example of political incompetence, he is still an unprecedented seven-time consul in Roman history.
6th place:Pompey Pompey
It's been a mess thanks to Shakespeare, but it can be said that Pompey was the one who expanded the territory of Rome the most.
It is the strongest class in the long history of Rome if it is purely a battle, and he is a man who has fought against Spain, Greece and Syria since he was in his twenties and has won all of them.
He ended the Mithridates War, destroyed Seleucid Syria, was nicknamed Magnus for the Great King, and burned out.
Pompey was so strong that he had no enemies.
However, in the meantime, Julius Caesar, the greatest masterpiece in the history of the world, gains strength and faces a decisive battle with Caesar, who was also the father of his former wife.
Pompey was initially overwhelmed by Caesar, but was defeated by Julius Caesar in the Battle of Pharsalus, a battle that determined history, and was assassinated in his exile in Egypt.
His defeat was only once in his life, but that one defeat decided all of him.
5th place:Gaius Julius Caesar
Rome is really thick.
Even Caesar is in 5th place.
In history other than Rome, Julius Caesar would be the first to shine.
Caesar is often defeated.
He has been defeated in Gallia and has lost to Pompey. He was sometimes driven out of the country when he was young.
Caesar's strength is not in losing. To lose and become stronger!
A really strong guy is still strong even if he loses.
Caesar has won the next battle against the losing opponent.
Furthermore, Caesar's talent is not only in combat, but he is also a politician and a writer, and he is arguably the number one in Roman history, no, in the history of the world. Will.
"The only creative genius born of Rome"
All of this can be seen in the words of the 19th-century German historian Theodor Mommsen, who described Caesar.
4th place:Stilicho
Few people may know the name of Stilicho.
He was directly sentenced to erasure by the emperor and has been removed from official Roman records.
Stilicho was a general who was active during the time of Emperor Theodosius and his son Honorius, and was from the Vandals, whose wife was the niece of Emperor Theodosius and who had a Germanic father.
Still, he is a general with more Roman spirit than anyone else, defeating the Ostrogothic king Alaric of the same Germanic people three times, and in the battle of Fiesole, only 30,000 against the Germanic people who are said to be about 100,000 to 400,000 led by Radagaiso. It is a big win with human troops.
Stilicho was a versatile general who had never lost to Rome's greatest enemy, the Germanic, and had successfully negotiated with the Sasanians in the east.
It was his ally, Honorius, who killed Stilicho, who was invincible in the war.
The stupid Western Roman emperor orders Stilicho to be executed with the intention of seizing the throne, following the praise of Olympius, the eunuch official.
Stilicho accepted this and ended his life.
If Stilicho really wanted to seize the throne, that would have been possible, and Rome might have had a longer life. Stilicho, who had a wife who was adopted by the emperor's niece, did not even have a legitimate inheritance right, perhaps because of his loyalty to Theodosius and to the nation of Rome. I don't know. He would have been the most appreciated person in Chinese history.
Following the death of Stilicho, the Germanic people gained power, and Rome fell into a state where it could not even resist being looted.
As Napoleon said, what really scares me is not the enemy's capable commander, but the incompetent ally.
Third place:Licinius Corneus Sulla
The textbook of world history contains only the information that led the faction, but it is actually a battle monster.
It was Marius, who later became a rival, who found Sulla. They will be in conflict with the common people and will be reconciled with each other.
Sulla's talent was most brilliant in the battle with King Pontus Mitridades in the east, with about 80,000 troops on the other side, 30,000 troops on Sulla, and the supply was certified as a Roman enemy and the Senate. He broke it on the condition that he could not receive it and he was also fighting with the Roman soldiers dispatched by Marius.
A true lie-like story is recorded that Mitridades suffered millions of losses while Sulla's sacrifice was only twelve.
After defeating Mitridades, Sulla landed in Italy and, along with his later prominent generals Pompey and Crassus, won the battle with the commoners and took control of Rome.
Second place:Emperor Constantine
Constantine, who guaranteed the freedom of religion within the Roman Empire by the Edict of Milan, has more military talent than political talent.
During the time of Constantine, there were six emperors.
During the Diocletian era, the empire was divided into four parts, and his father, Constantius, was in the position of a regular emperor to the west of the empire, but died suddenly, and Constantine declared himself to succeed.
Inspired by it, the Roman Empire was in a state of complete civil war, with the return of the late emperor in Rome.
Emperor Constantine always fought with less force than his opponent, but defeated all of them.
Although Sulla and Marius had a big victory outside Rome and struggled within the same Latin people, Constantine also won the battle between Roman soldiers with the same tactical level and equipment.
If the quality of the soldiers is the same, the ability of the commander is important.
His record is undefeated as far as he can be examined, and he can be said to be a first-class person in the history of the world, such as building the new city of Constantinople.
First place:Scipio Africanus
There is no doubt that Publius Cornelius Scipio, or Scipio Africanus, is the strongest in Rome, no, even at the level of world history.
Undefeated generals often appear not only in Rome but also in world history, but in addition to being undefeated with Scipio, his enemies were also very strong.
When his father and uncle quickly defeated Hashdur Barca, who was full of stalemate, he went to Africa and succeeded in attracting Hannibal Barca, who had been nailed to the Italian peninsula for more than 10 years, to the land of Africa. In the battle of Zama, which is famous as the battle that decided the history, he succeeded in tasting the first defeat to Hannibal, who is still undefeated and is famous as the strongest in the world history, and led to the end of the Second Punic War as it is. It was an activity that deserved to be called a hero.
The tactics in the Battle of Zama are at the level that is also the subject of the current commander's school, and in addition to the great power Carthage, he also won the battle with the eastern great power Seleucid Syria derived from Alexander the Great, and he just said "war god". He showed an activity suitable for being struck.
Undefeated in his lifetime.
Even if you fight against Xiang Yu, who is said to be the strongest in Chinese history at about the same time, the army led by Scipio will surely win.
Scipio is the strongest.