[Musa]

It will be difficult to convince me that this title doesn't go to Genghis Kahn.
This man is one of the most skilled military commanders as well as being a great leader. He took a bunch of scattered tribes that were killing eachother and turned them into the strongest military force in the world at the time. He turned a shitty little country into the largest and most powerful empire in history.

[BEER-RUN]

silly....
The Ultimate Warrior..

Hence the Ultimate before warrior....


GK didn't beat the Hulkster...

[fullerene]

Genghis Khan is my first thought.

GIven the lack of transportation infrastructure and even accurate maps, though, a case could be made for Alexander the Great relative to his time.

[AJax]

George Washington should be up there. He was a freak of nature on the battlefield. Or some would say lucky...

[Rinksterk]

I like Kahn, but I also like Leonidas and Salah Addin.
How about Lee Sun Shin? You're Korean. From what I read he never lost a naval battle. Don't know about land battles though.

I also admired Richard Winters after watching Band of Brothers. There's probably more heroes like him and its too bad not many people ever hear about them.

[kartaron]

Musashi Miyamoto

Undefeated in duels for his entire life, actually went to using wooden swords in duels because he wanted to give the other guy a chance.

His book of 5 rings is nearly as well regarded at Sun Tzu's Art of War.

He served in two wars though his exploits are not documented.

[Igorot Warrior]

Yes...one of my heroes as well. Mastered strategy...but was also an artist (painted watercolor...did a few sculptures...wrote an aweseome book.

Can you imagine dueling to death at the age of 13 against grown men? Like kartaron said...wooden swords in duels because he felt using his real sword wouldn't be that much of a challenge...unbelievable.

Originally Posted by kartaron

Musashi Miyamoto

Undefeated in duels for his entire life, actually went to using wooden swords in duels because he wanted to give the other guy a chance.

His book of 5 rings is nearly as well regarded at Sun Tzu's Art of War.

He served in two wars though his exploits are not documented.

[Mossberg]

Alexander the Great

When he sieged the capital of the Mallians, he was the first man out of his entire army to scale the city walls. He jumped down inside the city where he was surrounded by enemy warriors. He was able to amass a pile of dead bodies at his feet before being stuck a single arrow. To be in control of nearly all of the civilized world and still fight like that makes you the ultimate warrior in my mind.

In an instant, Alexander planted the ladder and bounded up, holding his own shield before him. His sword flicked with deadly speed as he cleared the parapet of defenders and climbed over the top. When he had dispatched the last defender, those Indians on the adjoining towers poured spears and arrows down on him. He was the most magnificent target in military history, standing there alone in his gold-decked armor, the white plumes and crest of his helmet nodding violently as he swung his shield back and forth to parry the converging missiles.

Below him, his Guards stood transfixed in horror. Peucestas and Leonnatus scrambled up the ladder, followed by Abreas, a double-pay Guardsman who was the only man with the presence of mind to seize a second ladder and mount it. The Guards shouted to Alexander to jump to safety into their arms, but he ignored them. He saw that the ground level inside the citadel was higher than outside. He would later say that he calculated that the greatest danger was to stay where he was, while jumping back would accomplish nothing. By attacking, he might intimidate the enemy and at the very worst die a legendary death. With that split-second decision made, he leapt inside. Crying out in shock, the Guard rushed to the ladders as Peucestas, Leonnatus and Abreas disappeared over the top. But so many tried to mount at once that the ladders shattered.

The Indians were even more astonished than the Guards as Alexander landed on his feet, put his back to the wall and assumed his fighting stance. A group of Indians then attacked, but all, including their commander, fell to his sword. Alexander felled a second leader with a stone, hurled with the force of a small catapult. More Mallians only added their bodies to the growing heap in front of the raging commander. The Indians may have been brave, but they recognized a near-inhuman killing machine, a veritable mythic hero from their Vedic epics come to life, and prudently kept their distance, forming a half circle from which to hurl every sort of missile at him.

At that moment, Alexander's three protectors dropped inside the wall and rushed to his side. They were an instant too late. Abreas fell with an arrow in the face. Peucestas was throwing his shield in front of his commander when another arrow sped past and struck Alexander in his left lung. Red foam, blood mixed with air, bubbled from the wound through his pierced corselet. The Indians surged forward for the kill, but Alexander continued to defend himself. Finally, blood gushed from the wound and their king slumped forward over his shield. Peucestas and Leonnatus stepped in front of his body to shield him with their own, as arrows, darts and stones rained down on them.

Outside the citadel, near panic had gripped the Guards. Some formed human ladders; others drove wooden pegs into the wall so they could climb it. One by one they reached the top and dropped inside. "There they saw the King on the ground," wrote the historian Arrian, "and a cry of grief and a shout of rage rose from every throat." Each man leapt forward to cover Alexander with their shields and bodies as the Indians pressed the fight.

historynet.com

[Seismos]

Originally Posted by BEER-RUN

silly....
The Ultimate Warrior..

Hence the Ultimate before warrior....


GK didn't beat the Hulkster...

gotta love that. i agree

[Nodecaf]

Alex, hands down.
The guy was king and Pharao, and still fought front line.
Oh, and he took over 90% of the known world before he was 30. 25 or something.
And he was kind lol