Famous Roman Generals

  • Below is a List of the most Famous Roman Generals in date order.

Top Ten Roman Generals by date

  1. Marcus Furius Camillus (446-365 BCE)
  2. Scipio Africanus (c.236-183 BCE)
  3. Marius (157-86 BCE)
  4. Sulla (138-78 BCE)
  5. Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-c.56 BCE)
  6. Pompey (106-48 BCE)
  7. Julius Caesar (c.100-44 BCE)
  8. Mark Anthony (83-30 BCE)
  9. Agrippa (c.64-12 BCE)
  10. Nero Claudius Drusus (38-9 BCE)

Here are some more…

  1. Germanicus (15 BCE-19 CE)
  2. Tiberius (14-37 CE)
  3. Vespasian (9-79 CE)
  4. Agricola (40-93 CE)
  5. Trajan (53-117 CE)
  6. Stilicho (359-408 CE)
  7. Flavius Aetius (391-454 CE)
  8. Belisarius (c.500-565 CE)

Rome’s Top Ten Enemy Commanders by date

  1. Brennus (390-387 BCE)
    • Gallic Army
  2. Hannibal (218-202 BCE)
    • Punic Army
  3. Viriathus (155-140 BCE)
    • Lusitanian Guerilla War
  4. Jugurtha (112-106 BCE)
    • Numidian Army
  5. Spartacus (73-71 BCE)
    • Slave Army
  6. Mithridates VI of Pontus (88-63 BCE)
    • Anatolian Army
  7. Surena (53 BCE)
    • Parthian Army
  8. Vercingetorix (52 BCE)
    • Gallic Army
  9. Queen Candace (27-22 BCE)
    • Kushan Army
  10. Arminius (9 CE)
    • Germanic Army

Here are some more…

  1. Tacfarinas (14-24 CE)
    • Numidian Guerilla Army
  2. Boudicca (60-61 CE)
    • Iceni and Allies Army
  3. Civilis (69-70 CE)
    • Batavian Army
  4. Bar Kokhba (132-135 CE)
    • Judaean Revolt
  5. Shapur I (260 CE)
    • Persian Army
  6. Queen Zenobia (267-273 CE)
    • Palmyrean Army
  7. Fritigern (378 CE)
    • Gothic Army
  8. Alaric the Visigoth (395-410 CE)
    • Visigothic Army
  9. Attila the Hun (434-452 CE)
    • Hunnic Army
  10. Geiseric the Vandal (429-477 CE)
    • Vandal Army
  11. Totila the Ostrogoth (546 CE)
    • Ostrogothic Army

Local Heroes who Rebelled against Roman Rule

  1. Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
  2. Britain
    • Boudicca (60-61 CE) and the Army of Britons.
  3. France
  4. Germany
    • Arminius (9 CE) and the Germanic Army.
  5. Israel
  6. Italy
  7. Netherlands
    • Civilis (69-70 CE) and the Batavian Army.
  8. Portugal
    • Viriathus (155-140 BCE) and the Lusitanian Guerilla War.
  9. Tunisia
    • Tacfarinas (14-24 CE) and the Numidian Guerilla Army.

 

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