Mark Anthony? No, Where is the Restitutor Orbis, Aurelian? Where is Constantine the Great? I did like that Agrippa got some mention. Maybe you left off Belisarius because you were focused on the Western Roman Empire but the dude retook North Africa from the Vandals and Rome from the Goths. He was consistently undersupplied and still held Rome in spite of a year long siege from the Goths, He was also one of the only post republic generals to get a triumph.
Honorable Mentions: Lucius Cincinnatus, Lucius Cursor, Quintus Fabius Rullus, Publius Decius Mus II, Scipio Barbatus, Marcus Valerius Corvus, Quintus Fabius, Marcus Marcellus, Titus Flamininus, Lucius Aemillius Paullus, Lucius Mummius, Quintus Macedonicus, Scipio Aemilianus, Marcus Terentius Lucullus, Lucullus, Publius Ventidius, Tiberius, Marcus Primus, Vespasian, Lusius Quietus, Trajan, Marcus Aerelius, Claudius Pompeius, , Septimius Severus, Gallienus, Probus, Aurelian, Constantine the Great, Julian the Apostate, Theodosius I, Stilicho, Flavius Aetius, Majorian, Ricimer, Belisarius, Narses
You started out mentioning Scipio Africanus and Sulla and Marius. All were not alive during the Roman Empire, they were all under the Roman Republic. Pompeii The Great and Julius Caesar lived during the late Republican era, sure, but they were still not part of the Roman Empire. I find it funny that Marc Antony was mentioned, as he was a charismatic and fearless soldier, but famously a bad commander. Aggrippa is a good choice, and he and the one's mentioned after are acting within the Roman Empire era. Germannicus and Drusus both were fantastic generals, but died too young to be considered the best. Emperor Tiberius also should get credit for being a great general during his military career. It seems this video focus on only people within the late Republican era and early Empire era. Many of these men were not feared, neither by their own men or enemies, but the opposite; Respected and appreciated. Their friends knew they would be fair, and so did many of their enemies, who knew they would be reasonable with them. If you wanna say "feared", there are many, especially once we get into the Roman Empire's history who were beyond cruel to their enemies, both within Rome but also around them. And many generals who would be considered better generals as well. This is just a weird tunnel vision video, throwing names around for the sake of it.
As much as that's fair, most of Rome's expansion was done during the Republic era. And the only reason the Roman Empire is called the Roman Empire was because of their system of government, not because of the amount of land they ruled or the various people they ruled. Far as I'm concerned, the "empire" of Rome began when they conquered the Samnites and Greek colonies of Southern Italy in the early 3rd century B.C.E.
Mark Anthony? No, Where is the Restitutor Orbis, Aurelian? Where is Constantine the Great? I did like that Agrippa got some mention. Maybe you left off Belisarius because you were focused on the Western Roman Empire but the dude retook North Africa from the Vandals and Rome from the Goths. He was consistently undersupplied and still held Rome in spite of a year long siege from the Goths, He was also one of the only post republic generals to get a triumph.
Honorable Mentions: Lucius Cincinnatus, Lucius Cursor, Quintus Fabius Rullus, Publius Decius Mus II, Scipio Barbatus, Marcus Valerius Corvus, Quintus Fabius, Marcus Marcellus, Titus Flamininus, Lucius Aemillius Paullus, Lucius Mummius, Quintus Macedonicus, Scipio Aemilianus, Marcus Terentius Lucullus, Lucullus, Publius Ventidius, Tiberius, Marcus Primus, Vespasian, Lusius Quietus, Trajan, Marcus Aerelius, Claudius Pompeius, , Septimius Severus, Gallienus, Probus, Aurelian, Constantine the Great, Julian the Apostate, Theodosius I, Stilicho, Flavius Aetius, Majorian, Ricimer, Belisarius, Narses
You started out mentioning Scipio Africanus and Sulla and Marius. All were not alive during the Roman Empire, they were all under the Roman Republic. Pompeii The Great and Julius Caesar lived during the late Republican era, sure, but they were still not part of the Roman Empire.
I find it funny that Marc Antony was mentioned, as he was a charismatic and fearless soldier, but famously a bad commander.
Aggrippa is a good choice, and he and the one's mentioned after are acting within the Roman Empire era. Germannicus and Drusus both were fantastic generals, but died too young to be considered the best. Emperor Tiberius also should get credit for being a great general during his military career.
It seems this video focus on only people within the late Republican era and early Empire era. Many of these men were not feared, neither by their own men or enemies, but the opposite; Respected and appreciated. Their friends knew they would be fair, and so did many of their enemies, who knew they would be reasonable with them. If you wanna say "feared", there are many, especially once we get into the Roman Empire's history who were beyond cruel to their enemies, both within Rome but also around them. And many generals who would be considered better generals as well. This is just a weird tunnel vision video, throwing names around for the sake of it.
Thank you for your comments and suggestions, I'll improve on the next videos! ❤
As much as that's fair, most of Rome's expansion was done during the Republic era. And the only reason the Roman Empire is called the Roman Empire was because of their system of government, not because of the amount of land they ruled or the various people they ruled. Far as I'm concerned, the "empire" of Rome began when they conquered the Samnites and Greek colonies of Southern Italy in the early 3rd century B.C.E.
Here in britain there was no Britain no england Scotland or wales there were just numerous tribes
How could you fail to mention Belisarius of all the people
Hes greek not roman
And they pissed of 1 that nearly drove the Romans out of BRITANNIA only got 1 name for ya BOADICEA
Walang kwentang video. 😂 Madaming mali. Kulang sa tamang research.
Did you show an AI generated photo of some random African as a Roman General? lol
*Legacy of Rome*
But there were african generals in Rome. Septimius Severus, for example. I'll talk more about this in my next video. Thanks for commenting! ❤️