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“Scipio asked Hannibal, “Whom he thought the greatest captain?�� The latter answered,
“Alexander . . . because with a small force he defeated armies whose numbers were beyond reckoning, and because he had overrun the remotest regions, merely to visit which was a thing above human aspirations.��
Scipio then asked, �� To whom he gave the second place ? �� and Hannibal replied,
“To Pyrrhus, for he first taught the method of encamping, and besides, no one ever showed such exquisite judgment in choosing his ground and disposing his posts; while he also possessed the art of conciliating mankind to himself to such a degree that the natives of Italy wished him, though a foreign prince, to hold the sovereignty among them, rather than the Roman people. . . .��
On Scipio proceeding to ask, “Whom he esteemed the third? ��
Hannibal replied, “Myself, beyond doubt.��
On this Scipio laughed, and added, “What would you have said if you had conquered me? ��
“Then I would have placed Hannibal not only before Alexander and Pyrrhus, but before all other commanders.”
― B.H. Liddell Hart, Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon