Malaking parte ng ating kasaysayan ang hinulma ng madudugong digmaan. At sa tugatog ng mga mararahas na labanan ay ang mga heneral na namumuno dito.
Mula sa isang hari na hinarangan ang libu-libong Persiano gamit lamang ang 300 kawal, hanggang sa mga pinuno na sumakop sa malaking bahagi ng mundo.
Ngayong araw tutuklasin ang 10 sa mga pinaka magaling na heneral sa ating kasaysayan.
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10. Leonidas
Si Leonidas ang haring mandirigma ng Sparta ay nakilala dahil sa “Battle of Thermopylae”.
Sinasabi na mula mismo siya sa angkan ni Hercules.
9. Sun Tzu
Si Sun Tzu ay isang heneral, military strategist at isang manunulat na pinagsilbihan ang estado ng Wu sa dulong bahagi ng Spring and Autumn Period.
Itinuturing siya na isa sa pinaka mahusay na “military philosophers of all time” dahil yan sa kanyang isinulat na aklat, ang “art of war” o sa tagalog ay ang “ sining ng pakikidigma”.
8. Khalid ibn al-Walid
Kilala si al-Walid sa bansag na Sayf Allah o ang espada ng Panginoon.
7. Attila The Hun
Kilala bilang Attila the Hun binanasagan din siya ng kanyang mga kaaway bilang “the Scourge of God” o ang salot ng Panginoon.
6. Cyrus the Great
Binanasagan siya bilang “King of the Four Corners of the World” o ang hari ng apat na sulok ng sanlibutan.
5. Julius Ceasar
Ang buwan ng Hulyo o “July” ay ipinangalan sa kanya, isang karangalan na kapantay ng mga Diyos na kanilang sinasamba.
4. Hannibal Barca
Si Hannibal Barca ay isang Carthigian general sa panahon ng Second Punic War, digmaan sa pagitan ng Roma at Carthage.
3. Napoleon Bonaparte
Naging tanyag siya sa panahon ng French Revolution kung saan pinangunahan niya ang mga labanan sa Europa sa loob ng halos isang dekada.
2. Genghis Khan
Ang Mongol Empire ni Genghis Khan ay masusukat mula sa Adriatic Sea hanggang sa baybayin ng karagatang Pacifico ng bansang Tsina.
1. Alexander the Great
Maraming dalubhasa ang nagsasabi na isa siyang perpektong mandirigma.
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CREDITS:
Videos and Images:
300 | Warner Bros.
Hero | Miramax Films
Omar TV Series | Qatar Television
Attila (2001)| Alphaville Films
Rome | HBO
Hannibal | BBC
Napoleon | France 2
Hoplite Statue, by user Benurzer Yicinese
Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I#/media/File:Helmed_Hoplite_Sparta.JPG
Monument of Leonidas, by user EntaXoyas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_I#/media/File:Leonidas_at_Thermopylae.jpg
Art of War Copy, by user vlasta2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu#/media/File:Bamboo_book_-_binding_-_UCR.jpg
Statue of Sun Tzu, by user 663highland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu#/media/File:Enchoen27n3200.jpg
Map of the Five Hegemons, by user SY
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period#/media/File:Five_Hegemons.png
Chinese Bamboo Book, by user vlasta2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War#/media/File:Bamboo_book_-_closed_-_UCR.jpg
Map detailing Ridda wars, by user Mohammad adil
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid#/media/File:Mohammad_adil_rais-conquest_of_Arabia.PNG
Roman villa sacked by Huns, by user Georges Rochegrosse
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#/media/File:Huns_by_Rochegrosse_2.jpg
Territory under Hunnic Control, by user Slovenski Volk
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns#/media/File:Huns450.png
Cyrus Hunting wild boar, by user Coyau
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great#/media/File:Painting_of_Cyrus_the_Great_in_battle.png
Achaemenid Empire, by user Mossmaps
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire#/media/File:Achaemenid_Empire_at_its_greatest_extent_according_to_Oxford_Atlas_of_World_History_2002.jpg
Ceasar in Gaul, by TCA/SEGA
Retrieved from Ancient History Encyclopedia
https://www.ancient.eu/image/2171/
Battle of Alesia by Mary Harrsch
Hannibal in Italy, by user José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal#/media/File:Hannibal_in_Italy_by_Jacopo_Ripanda_-_Sala_di_Annibale_-_Palazzo_dei_Conservatori_-_Musei_Capitolini_-_Rome_2016_(2).jpg
Music:
Egmont Overture by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3702-egmont-overture/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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