what country or group had the greatest warriors of all time.?

Question

Who were the greatest warriors of all time, the samurai? the spartans? the romans? the british?the persians? and many more. all of the countries or clans/bands that used swords, bows, armors, castles. sheilds, battering rams, horse charges, spears. stuff like that. if they all had a war, who would win,not judging by numbers, but by training, tactics, weaponry, and leadership. this is one quistion i have always wanted to know.

Answer 1

The Roman legions was hard to beat, often it did not matter about the number the tactics and the training of the legion gave it an ability that will not be found again until the days of Napoleon. But part of what made the Legion great was Rome, a political system and government that trained equipped, supplied and was able to field such armies.

Next would be the Armies of the Great Khans. Despite the belief that the Mongols hordes only used massive amounts of numbers. The actually army of the Khan were well disciplined, trained warriors. The Mongols had the ability to communicate, maneuver, and articulate and it was this ability that allowed them to concentrate there forces at any given point, giving them the appearance of greater numbers by being at the right place at the right time. The Khan being a followers of Sung Tzu knew to win the battles before you fight them.

After Khan, the Prussians Army of Fredrick the Great.

The Armies of Napoleon.

The British Armies of the Empire.

Great armies are formed by great civilizations, it take great governments to train equip and supply these armies. It also take knowledge of the weapon systems and the tactics and strategy pursued to make the army successful.

The Spartans systems of government did not allow a great army. the warriors were great but they did not change or advance, and did not learn from their mistakes.
The Samurai were about the same as the Spartans, people breed from birth to serve in the army under s very strengent codex.

The question remains open to speculation and preference.

Answer 2

I think if you group the Greco-Romans, you have the greatest warriors of all time. The ancient Greeks (the warriors of Troy, of Alexander, etc) and the Romans (Spartans, and neo-Romans) were brilliant beyond their times. They revolutioned infantry, weaponry, naval battles, and were among the most brilliant of all societies.

Samurai were not glory-hounds like Greco-Romans, so they don't merit. The British were tactical, but they built an empire on most political savvy. Persians are ALWAYS being beaten back into submission by someone, and their empire was based mostly on strength in numbers and slavery. Vikings were brutal, but not all that intelligent.

The only other band of warriors that comes close were those under Ghengis Khan. But as a whole, they weren't nearly as impressive as Khan himself.

Answer 3

I'd go with the Romans. Not only were their soldiers well trained individually, but they had a professional, standing army that was well trained to work as a team. They had excellent logistics and used technology and innovation where ever possible. I think over all they had the best grasp of warfare as a whole.

Other people or regions may have been better at one aspect of warfare, but the Roman Legions were good at all of it. That's why they were unstoppable. As the Empire fell apart, the Legions suffered too, but mostly due to political and economic issues. The quality of the legions slipped eventually, and only then was Rome conquered.

Answer 4

In my opinion, the Viking berserkers because of their savagery and their undying will to fight.

I would also include the Spartans, who were trained to be warriors from a very early age and were vicious and feared above all at that time period.

I wouldn't like to meet either in a dark alley...

Answer 5

Romans

Answer 6

oh wow! this is going to be a question of popularity. for me? the vikings! who else sailed, conquered, changed the world, traded, settled, named areas, etc. i mean, this group of people altered history with either what they did or what they failed to do. that in itself is really something. all the other groups added something to their own & to the small world at large but who other than the vikings fought, built, gathered, grew and named, buried, burned, multiplied all at the same time. romans are a close second but the roman armies were an extension to roman. the vikings were an extension to themselves & ruled from within. in short, they were their own, on their own, doing their own thing! why you have at least five to six countries today that owe their present to their viking past. why, russia was so-named due to who the people who settled: the rus (roos) people. slick, eh?

Answer 7

The warriors of Genghis Khan were fierce and unrelenting in their battles and conquered huge amounts of territory and defeated numerous foes as they rampaged across Eastern Europe.

Chow!!

Answer 8

None. All warriors eventually fall before the sword!

Answer 9

Genghis Khan i thought had the biggest and most notorious of the army's ever.

Answer 10

USA