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323 BCE
Alejandro Magno
If we go back to the Ancient Age, many will say that the one known today as Alexander the Great (or Alexander the Great) was perhaps one of the most powerful leaders. His Macedonian Empire conquered multitudes of peoples among which were Greece, India and Egypt. He was a man of noble and strong character, a friend of humanity. He was invincible against enemy armies but not against disease. A malaria ended his life. -
44 BCE
Julio César
Julius Caesar was a skillful strategist and a valiant military man, whose victories enabled the territory of the Roman Empire to be extended. He was also a shrewd politician, whose populist measures earned him the affection of large strata of the population. To make matters worse, he stood out as an exceptional writer (see The Gallic War) and his conquests allowed much of Europe to adopt Latin customs and models. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon I Bonaparte was a French military man and ruler, a republican general during The French Revolution and the Directory, the architect of the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire that made him the first consul in the first consul of the Republic. He is one of the most studied leaders in history not only for his victories in the many battles he fought, but also for the halo of mystery that surrounds hi -
Vladimir Lenin
Before more famous communists like Joseph Stalin or Che Guevara himself emerged in history, Lenin had already succeeded in popularizing Marxist political ideology by taking it as the basis to rebuild the despotic Russia of the Tsars. Communism is today what it is thanks to Lenin, whose Bolshevik Revolution served as an inspiration to the coming leaders mentioned above. -
Winston Churchill
Like Hitler, Winston Churchill managed to move his people not only by his decisions, but also by tremendous speeches with which he won the hearts of his men. Thanks to the British Prime Minister's moral impulse, the air navy obtained a very important triumph against the German Luftwaffe in the so-called Battle of England.
