User blog comment:Urbancommando77/Hannibal Barca vs Alexander the great/@comment-181289-20111118020405

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Close: Two highly similair swords, the Falcata however had a handel that will keep Barca from losing his sword, but hte Kopis is genreall longer Edge:Even

Mid: the Sarrissa is longer and when used of the back of an Elephant can be used to excellent affect: When both weapon are relying on length as the main advantage the longer weapon get's the edge. Edge: Hannibal

Long: the Gastrophetes seems like the better weapon at first glance, but the Solifurem can potientailly go thru armor, be thrown in quicker succesion, has some melee capablitys and can be used effectivly from horse back Edge" Hannibal

Special: A odd comparrision to say the least, but not so loop sided as one might think, The Dagger is obvisuly more likly to get the kill, but you can lose a dagger or have it taken from you, Pankration is always with you. But in a head to head comparrision the dagger is better for the kill so Edge: Hannibal

Heavy: The Ballista could kill an unarmored Elephant, sure but there are several issues with this. The Elephant will have armor (somthing the show neglected to do) so even if it hit's it may not even kill it, second hitting it where you could kill it would be an issues while it's charging, you'll only get few shots off before it's on you, An there is a fear aspect to the Elephant the Ballista lacks. Edge:Hannibal

Armor: Same thing pretty much, but Hannibal brings a sheild as well, giving him more defence. Edge: Hannibal

X-Factor: According to Hannibal (or so the story goes) Alexander was the greatest General in history, while he ranked himself third after Pyrrhus. However (as the story goes) this was only do to his lost to Scipio, and had he defeated Scipio he would of ranked himself above any genreal in history. Even though Hannibal ultimatly lost, when you only lose is against Scipio Africanus (A man I'd proably rank as the single greatest military mind in history), Hannibal I would rank as the second, although Alexander conquered a large Empire he did so with the military his Father built, Hannibal is in my opinion a superior general to nearly every other general form antiquity (Scipio being the exception) and many from later times. Edge:Hannibal

The Deadliest Warrior: Hannibal Barca While Hannibal took all the edges in my opinion, they were narrow edges and the fight would be one of the greatest of all time. Alexander is truly an impressive warrior but Hannibal, despite losing he was sorly outnumbered by the Romans and put up a hell of a fight.