king13, hannibal lost the support of the carthiginian senate (petty politics against his father hamilcar barca) which decided not to send him reinforcements. as a general he was as good as any, especially given the rag tag army he was leading, his results were nothing less than spectacular.
he is credited with inventing the tactic of 'double envelopment'.
his campaigns are still taught at military colleges around the world.
as for alexander, without doubt he was a great general but most of his adversaries were large but relatively untrained conscript armies. when he did face a resolute adversary in king porus, he was really pushed to the limits. (he actually lost according to some modern historians. for he ceded some province to the supposedly defeated king)
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