Epaminondas Vs Alexander - Page 2 - Historum

**Midas** · May 5th, 2012, 03:04 AM

I went for: It is too close to call, I can't choose

**Brisieis** · May 5th, 2012, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Midas

I really don't know what to vote... Epaminondas tutored Philip II. He was more mature than Alexander, but Alexander was fearless. I really don't know what to say.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midas

I went for: It is too close to call, I can't choose

Thanks for voting Midas.

Even I have not voted yet, I am still deciding.

**Zarin** · May 5th, 2012, 09:43 AM

Alexander was a tactical and strategic genius of the first rank. Rivalled in history by very very few men. If any.
It would help if more was known in the thread start up about Epaminondas. But since Alexander was never defeated, because he always found his enemy's weaknesses and exploited them; I would trust in the reliability of his never having been defeated. Ever. Moreover, Alexander fought a tremendous number of battles against many rulers and various generals, under many divergent conditions and many different circumstances. I believe Alexander could have defeated his own father in battle. Which Philip of Macedon greatly feared. Alexander the Great was a force of nature.

**okamido** · May 5th, 2012, 12:28 PM

Alexander would utterly overwhelm Epaminondas. Nobody uses the cavalry-phalanx tandem like Alexander.