Who were the best warriors of history?

Question

for you, Who were the best warriors of history?,
The samurais The spartans, The roman legion, English archers
mongol riders, Shaolin monks, spanish swordmans or anyones that you know.
The question run in two ways, the best warrios as individual and the best warriors as a militar unit.
By the way, please dont answer with any kind of soldier using a firearm or with a mechanised unit of any kind, just old style warfare.

Answer 1

This is the most difficult of questions
eg Who would win between Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.

Most of the great warriors of antiquity.

The Romans were supposed to be the greatest warriors on the field with 2 opposing armies . their strategy as a unit is unmatched .


As Individual warriors The Spartans are definitely the best . Their race constantly improved by killing all weakness in their babies. At age 7 the training as a warrior begins. Even their women had to fight for to chose a wife was just to take her by force. There were some that resisted being taken.

as far as the Spanish swordsman had to back down to the French because of technology. The samurai were truly formidable.


The Ninja owned the night. Bare handed one on one the grappler owns the field but not so on the battle field. Each group is better at their own art. The trick is to make your opponent fight your fight.

If an individual had to fight a group the Shaolin rule. Individual with a weapon The Ninja , Bare handed the grappler , on the field the Romans. Group brawl with weapons , the Spartans

Answer 2

The best trained small group was probably the Spartans. Males went into military training at age 7! They were removed from the family and placed in "boot camp" and were trained until their mid-teens and then served on "active" duty. That's how the 300 withstood the onslaught of the Persians now being portrayed in the movie.
Mongols were probably the best light Calvary in the world, look at the territory they captured.
The Roman legions was most likely the best large force to reckon with in ancient times. They just never gave up and didn't show any mercy. They were well trained and equipped and fought as military units.
English archers were great bowmen since all males trained with the longbow and weekly competition was a part of village life.

Answer 3

Units-
Roman legionaires
Spartans
Macedonian pikemen
English longbowmen
Theban Sacred band
Mongolian cavalry

Warriors/leaders-
Hannibal Barca
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Alexander the Great
Philip II of Macedonia
Julius Caesar
Henry V
Genghis Khan
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great

Answer 4

Trying to compare warrior groups like this is like trying to compare different fruit. Much is a response to timeline, to environment or to cultural factors. In the time of Ancient Greece and in Europe the Spartans were dominant as warriors - the persians might was only a reflection of their superiority in numbers and certainly not in the quality of the troops. By the time of the Romans and still in Europe, no one could come close to the overwhelming power of the Roman Legions - they crushed everyone in their path. Yes it is true that many of those they attacks put up great resistance, but eventually they were overcome. What destroyed the power of the Roman Empire was conversion to a non-violent religion. Hannibal, Bouddicca and many others came to the fore as great warrior leaders but these were only short lived episodes in the overall might of the Roman Empire. Vikings, Goths & Visigoths, Mongols, Vandals and all the rest are just numberless thugs n comparison with true warriors so I do not count any of them, even saxons were pretty much paid muscle. Celts were ferocious warriors they put real fear in thew Roman legions and the Legions never completely conquered them. To put an end to the Celtic danger the Romans sent a complete legion into Caledonia and it vanished off the face of the Earth. The only way the Romans found to deal with the Celts was to build a massive fortified wall to keep them out. The Crusader Knights are romantically linked to warriorhood and priesthood but the true warriors in Europe at that time included the Moorish armies as well as the Knights they fought.
In Asia, excluding the Maharaja Armies and the role of the warrior Siehks (I do not know much about them) we have great examples of warriors as well. The Imperial Guard of the Chinese Army was formidable collectively and individually, but the consummate warrior, speaking for Asia AND globally is the Samurai. His act of absolute service to his Daimyo, especially on the field of battle is and will always be the most legendary. So for me the 'Best Warriors of History' are undoubtedly the 'Samurai of Japan' especially during the age of war. As for individual samurai, there are so many examples, from Minamoto Yoshiie throught to the 47 Ronin. But for me the epitome of the classical warrior showing loyalty in the face of suspicion performing his duty no matter what the outcome - Minamoto Yoshitsune the supreme example of the Warrior.

Answer 5

I want to see a spartan battle a samurai. Each of these fighters had their own style, but if we were to put 1 of each in a huge battle royale, I'd say the Spartan. PS: I'm not saying this based on 300. I haven't even seen it yet. I'm saying this based off what I know about the battle of Thermopylae. PPS: It's hard for me to say the above anyway, as I love ninja. But how's he gonna poison an English archer who just shoots him? And since when does blood drinking qualify someone as a great warrior? Sure, plenty of warriors did it, but there's little or no connection of it to fighting ability. Has anyone seen fearless? That is a kickaaa... butt movie.

Answer 6

definitely, it's either the mongol riders or the roman legion.
The Roman Legion had skills! They organized themselves much like a chess board, they put the weakest links in the front, the less than weak in the second row, and the strong fighters in the back. This ensured that if no one killed the enemy, the last lines of combat would be able to win.

Now, the mongol riders - those were fierce. I mean, let's just begin by pointing out that Genghis Khan and co. were able to take over the whole Chinese mainland...and it's a huge chunk of land! They were able to do that through their warfare. They were merciless. They even drank blood whenever they had to.

Answer 7

In the ancient world, the Spartans and the Roman legions were pretty hard to match.

During the 1800s, the Zulus were very formidable warriors.

Answer 8

Captain Moroni of the Nephite Armies. For his exploits, read chapters 43 through 62 of the Book of Alma in the Book of Mormon. I especially like Chapter 55, in which a whole city is taken back from the Lamanites without bloodshed. Its a really great story!

Answer 9

Miyamoto Musashi. He once came down from the trees and killed eight men with a bokken. He never lost a duel in his whole life. He wrote the Book of the Five Rings which is still one of the most important treatises on warfare even today. He founded the original sword style of fighting with a katana and a wakizashi. Pure. Undiluted. Badass.

Answer 10

Sitting Bull