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Categorising Roman Generals

Started by Tim, October 20, 2018, 01:07:31 PM

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Patrick Waterson

Personally I would suggest competent/average/3 out of 5.  He was reliable and effective but not inspired.

If we consider Caesar as 5 and Pompey/Sulla/Marius as 4, Vespasian would rate a 3, but no lower.  (I would also not rate Vitellius or Otho above 2.)

Antony might be 4 on a good day - on land.  Sertorius at least 4, perhaps pushing 5 (on the one hand he was occasionally defeated; on the other, he beat Roman armies with armies consisting principally of Spaniards).
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