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hello I'm Simon Whistler you're watching top 10s and in the video today we're looking at the top 10 greatest warriors as long as there have been civilizations there have been unending wars for power and land these wars have produced some of the fiercest warriors that man has ever seen men who are not only exceptional in hand-to-hand combat but were also great leaders and brilliant strategists there were so many brave individuals who could fit on this list but I think these warriors represent States from all around the world and throughout the ages let's get started number 10 Richard the first the Lionheart Richard the first was given the nickname Lionheart or cuddly or for his exceptional fighting ability and courage the duke of normandy and count of anjou he ascended to the throne of England in 1198 after defeating his father Henry the second with the help of his powerful mother Eleanor of Aquitaine Richard took the cross in 1188 when he heard of Saladin successful conquest of Jerusalem he raised funds by selling official titles rights and lands to the highest noble bidder he left for the Holy Land in 1190 along with the French King Philip the second and most of the military forces of Christendom after being waylaid first in Sicily and then in Cyprus Richard and Philip arrived in the Holy Land in June 1191 the joint forces first took a here and then moved on to a surf before fortifying Ascalon arguments between who was to become the king of Jerusalem escalated and Philip quit the crusade and returned to France Richard pressed on but when he realized he had no way of securing Jerusalem even if he managed to capture it he signed a peace treaty with Saladin and returned to Europe he spent his final five years reclaiming his throne from his brother John and fighting against Philips advances into Normandy number nine Spartacus born in Thrace in 109 BC Spartacus is most widely known as the gladiator who led the revolt against Rome during the gladiatorial war it is not known for sure how Spartacus became a gladiator but the leading theory is that he once fought for the Roman army but deserted and became a thief he was arrested and sold as a gladiator due to his strength in 73 BC P and 70 followers escaped from a gladiator school near Kapua and fled to Mount Vesuvius where they were joined by local slaves his army continued to grow until it was 90 and Men strong and then they began wreaking havoc in southern Italy defeating two Roman armies and plundering any city they came across from there they marched north into Gaul where he tried free as men but they refused to leave and they marched again into Italy for more plunder Spartacus was killed in battle at Lussier near in 71 BC and his men were crucified he has been remembered as a legendary commander not only for his successes in battle but for his own courage strength and compassion number 8 Saladin known to the Western world as the anti-hero of the Third Crusade he is revered in the Middle East as a hero who returned Jerusalem into Muslim hands the Kurdish Sultan was born in 1138 in Mesopotamia now Iraq and grew up during the First Crusade he was trained as a soldier by his uncle a third Aldon Shakur and early in his military career he worked on uniting Arab forces under his control first in Egypt and then in Syria in Palestine he then set his sights on Jerusalem and conquered king gyda Luciana in the Battle of Hattin the battle was a tremendous success for Saladin as his army almost wiped out the Crusaders in the Holy Land the city of Jerusalem fell into his hands when he came to terms with boleyn of I Berlin who defeated the city after the capture of guy his capture of Jerusalem influenced King Richard of England to join forces with King Philip of France and set out for the Third Crusade to the Holy Land the Christian forces made their way to Ascalon when Richard fell ill and signed a peace treaty with Saladin that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands as long as Christians would be able to safely make their pilgrimage his reign of Jerusalem was short-lived and he died of a fever on March the 4th 1193 Saladin is most often recognized as much for his generosity and chivalry as he is for his impressive military accomplishments number 7 lieutenant Audie Murphy born the son of a poor Texas sharecropper in 1924 bout he went on to become the most decorated American soldier of World War two in an attempt to free himself of his hardships he joined the army as a private in 1942 after his basic training he was shipped to Casablanca Morocco where he continued with his training he saw action in North Africa Sicily France Germany and was distinguished by his quick thinking and bravery he not only destroyed several of the enemy's machine guns in minutes but also jumped onto a burning tank destroyer and turned its machine gun on the enemy as well as cutting off German counter-attack of six tanks and 250 infantry practically by himself for these acts of courage she received countless decorations including the Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross and two silver stars the Legion of Merit two Bronze Stars and three purple hearts as well as the French Legion of Honor and tu crois dagur he returned to America the hero man turned his wartime Fame into a successful film career with help from his friends Aldi penned an autobiography been titled to hell and back which was later made into a movie in which he played himself while on a business trip he died in a plane crash on May the 7th 1971 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with military honors number 6 Miyamoto Musashi the greatest sword fighter of his time at Miyamoto Musashi also known as the sword Saint is one of the best-known samurai in Japanese history born in 1584 in harima province Musashi was raised by his uncle in Shorey and temple by the time he was 13 he had already won his first duel against ARIMA ki guy a student of the Shinto Rou school of military arts for the next 16 years he made a name for himself fighting in more than 60 doors including against the Yoshioka school and his most famous duel against Saki Kaoru he was undefeated during this time he also enlisted in Toyotomi Hideyoshi army and although he was on the losing side he escaped crawling among corpses and drinking from muddy puddles to survive after the war he turned his attention to teaching swordsmanship and he is credited with creating the Natur u technique in which he fight with two swords later in his life he became a master painter and writer his most famous written work is of a book of five rings which covers the sum of his experiences as a sword fighter including strategy tactics and philosophy at the age of 62 massage she died of thoracic cancer in Regan doe cave the same cave where he lived as a hermit while writing the book of five rings number 5 Gaius Julius Caesar the greatest general in Rome's history Caesar came to power first as a quest orand prattle before being elected as consul and proconsul in 59 BC and organizing the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus he distinguished himself by leading campaigns in Gaul Britain and Germany but his growing power scared the Senate and he was asked to disband his forces not only did he refuse this request he marched on Rome he started an outbreak of civil war that Mustard's until december 49 BC when he held a dictatorship in Rome for eleven days while he was elected as consul he then chased Pompey to Egypt where he remained living with Cleopatra for several years on his return to Rome he improved the living conditions of his people and drew up elaborate plans for consolidation of the empire in 44 BC he became dictator for life a title that was sure lived because on the Ides of March March the 15th 44 BC he was stabbed to death by a group of his friends and protegees including Simba Casca Cassius and Brutus number 4 Hannibal Barca a Carthaginian general palpable was a master strategist who developed outflanking tactics dubbed the father of strategy by military historian Theodore R Ross dodge he grew up with a fierce hatred of the Romans after the death of his brother-in-law hofstra balm he took command of the gaol Oh Cathy Guinean army then set his sights on Rome he set out in the spring of 218 BC and fought his way through the Pyrenees in the Alps with a force of 46,000 soldiers and 37 war elephants when he was in Roman territory he ravaged hundreds of towns even complete destruction in his wake some of his greatest victories were trivia lake trasimeno sand can I even turning some Roman cities against his enemies Scipione defeated him in his hometown at the Battle of Zama after which he signed a peace treaty in 201 BC after several years as a Fed he was accused by his political enemies of conspiring with King ante horse of Syria at the threat of Roman investigation had a bull fled to the court of King Croesus of Bithynia where he poisoned himself before the Romans could force him to surrender number 3 sam tsui a Chinese general sam tsui was the author of the first and most sophisticated book on military theory ever written this book is called the art of war while much is known about the man it is generally accepted that he was an accomplished general who served the king of Wu in the period of the warring States in the 4th century BC it was at that time that he wrote the art of war which covers logistics espionage strategy and tactics with a deep reliance on philosophy the main points it stresses are the high costs of war the unpredictability of battle the correlation between political and military policies and the ineffectiveness of setting hard and fast rules not only has it influenced Asian military thinking for centuries but it has also formed the base of the military strategies of Napoleon Mao Zedong general Norman swatch cop jr. and Henry Kissinger in more recent times the art of war has been adopted by business students in Tokyo New York and London as a text on business strategy number two Leonidas the first best known fears historic last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae Leonidas as early years have barely been documented although legend has it he was the descendent of Hercules his reign began somewhere around 490 BC and he shared controlled with Leo Takeda's as was Spartan custom of the time the Persian army bled by King Darius had been conquering Greece for close to ten years when Leonidas became King when Darius died in 481 BC his sons era Z's continued his father's expansion into the Greek mainland in an attempt to stop the advancing army in their tracks Leonidas despite warnings by the Oracle of Delphi that told of his death went to meet Derek seized with seven thousand troops including the famed 300 Spartans at the part of the mapa Lee aptly nicknamed the hot gates the CXC sent in wave after wave of troops including his immortals who were in turn sorted by the Greeks after a few days of fighting a Greek traitor told Zarek's ease of a mountain trail which he could use to outflank his enemy Leonidas learned of the betrayal men sent away most of his men keeping only the 300 Spartans that made up his personal guard Leonidas is 300 valiantly fought off the advancing Persians down to their last man Leonidas was killed and his body was beheaded and crucified at which only served anger his fellow Spartans who expelled the Persians from Greece a few months later at the Battle of Plataea number 1 Alexander the Great arguably one of the greatest generals of antiquity Alexander's conquests extended the Macedonian Kingdom from Greece to India almost the entire known world at the time born in 356 BC his early years were spent under the tutelage of the philosopher Aristotle his early military career was spent releasing Greece from the grasp of the Persians from there he moved through Syria Egypt where he founded the city of Alexandria and visited the Oracle of Amman and claimed his divinity then to Asia Minor before his final conquest into India he then returned to the West and began making preparations to invade Arabia but before he could achieve this conquest he fell ill and died in June 323 BC throughout his reign the casualties of his troops compared to the use of his enemies were considerably less mostly due to his quick tactical thinking and his love for the men who fought under him so I really hope you enjoyed that video if you did please give us a like below it really helps out and don't forget to subscribe for brand new videos every day there's a big button below me now also in the description below if you're on a mobile device and then over there on the right a couple of other videos you'll probably also enjoy one is the top 10 medieval games and sports that may or may not kill you and also the top 10 weapons of the near future so be sure to check those out be sure to like be sure to subscribe and thank you for watching

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Published: Sat Jan 23 2016

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