Pizarro >> Alexander any day, sadly
The empire Pizarro built was on the geographic scale of Alexander’s (check dimensions of viceroyalty of Peru), vastly more profitable, lasted longer, and he did it with 100 infantry and 60 caballeros
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the “alexander had weak competition” was more to point you to further reading - ppl in antiquity who knew their shit thought roman generals and institutions could crush Alexander, but Alexander was more original
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Possibly yes - I think that was the heart of the ancient debate tho (whether ppl who studied Alexander had surpassed him, or only a pale imitation)
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when you’re talking conquest on that scale it’s not about the k/d ratios anymore... the strategy, daring, and sheer will that calls for are hard to imagine
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Khaganates don’t impress me as much b/c it’s a bandwagon thing, not terribly interesting (any herders who could stop fighting each other and concentrate all forces on farmers can pull it off)
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The Huns, the Bactrians, the Manchu, the Scythians, the Cimmerians, the Goths, the Aryans... I don’t even think Mongols were the most interesting nomadic plunderers. 10% was mostly plague from trans-Eurasian migration
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