Achilles, while a famous name (more so since the movie Troy), is more myth then fact but I guess that is debateable. Caesar is definitely worthy of being on 'the list' though I wonder how famous he would still be if it were not for Shakespear's play. Charlemagne... well that is a tough one to classify. I would not really classify him as a conquorer in the same league as some of the others mentioned but he is definitely note-worthy in his own right. William Wallace... as much as I loved Braveheart he would be a relatively obscure figure in history if it were not for that movie.
When I think of Alexander the Great style conquorers I think more along the lines of Atilla the Hun and Ghengis Khan.




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