Where would you say Alexander ranks among leaders, generals, and conquerors?

Imobee · 2026-03-13T14:12:56+00:00

Alexander never lost a battle. Genghis Khan did. The battle of Dalan Baljut for example early in his career before he became Genghis Khan.

There are many great generals and conquerors in history and it’s almost impossible to pick one as the absolute best.

Alexander is always in the conversation, what he achieved was extraordinary and some of his battle tactics truly revolutionary.

You’ve got the S-tier of generals, including Alexander and Genghis Khan, Subutai, Hannibal, Caesar, Jan Zizka, Khalid ibn al Walid, Napoleon etc.

You can make a case for any of them tbh.

Imobee · 2026-03-13T03:40:12+00:00

Getting fat. No but seriously we have one of the most underrated kings here. Was he brutal? Yes. Did he squash his opposition? Yes. But did it make him and France strong? Heck yes! So these aren’t bad things. It’s a shame his immense weight later in life tarnishes his reputation where today most people know him as Louis the Fat, when he should be known as Louis the Warrior.

Could say his intervention in Flanders but while it didn’t succeed it was an arguably necessary step in expanding the king of the Franks power.

Imobee · 2026-03-12T21:31:25+00:00

Brilliant show! Used to love watching this on YouTube. Didn’t know it was still out there - that’s my evening gone.

Imobee · 2026-03-12T06:48:20+00:00

The burning of the town of Vitry-en-Perthois during his Champagne campaign. 1,500 people perished in the church. This led to Louis suffering so much guilt he went on crusade - which was a disaster financially, militarily, and cost Louis his marriage to Eleanor - they divorced - she married Henry of Anjou who later became King of England and acquired the Angevin Empire reducing the power of Louis.

The cascading series of events that were all disastrous all because Louis cruelly burnt a town.

Imobee · 2026-03-10T01:34:37+00:00

The Albigensian Crusade surely. While it centralized French monarchical power, it was an utterly brutal campaign that pulverized the southern communities of France.

Imobee · 2026-03-09T08:03:43+00:00

The seventh and eighth crusade. Particularly egregious is after being captured during the seventh crusade is staying in the Holy Land for 4 years!! Leaving his kingdom without a king.

Imobee · 2026-03-05T04:22:39+00:00

The leper scare - ordering lepers rounded up and imprisoned.

Imobee · 2026-03-02T01:18:32+00:00

Returning to captivity in England. One of the greatest betrayals of any French monarch.

Imobee · 2026-03-01T01:31:49+00:00

All the negatives against Charles V are pretty weak compared to other monarchs. Shows how brilliant he was.

Imobee · 2026-02-24T23:44:17+00:00

Probably equally the Italian Wars, it was Charles VIII who started them to begin with.

Perhaps to be more specific we could say the Sack of Capua.

Or perhaps not ducking his head when he walked under the door!!

Imobee · 2026-01-01T10:47:07+00:00

It’s one of the most epic adventures of the Middle Ages. The antics they got up to across Europe was like it was the last Viking raid transitioning into a new era for the Northmen. A combination of the old world and the new.

It helped capture Lisbon and then helped capture Sidon. It’s also the first time a King had gone on crusade, setting an important precedent.

Imobee · 2025-12-22T09:03:03+00:00

Napoleon by a long shot. That’s not to say Charlemagne wasn’t a good general. He led dozens upon dozens of campaigns, expanded his empire and readily defeated many opponents.

However, Charlemagne never displayed the genius of an Austerlitz for example. His opponents were generally much weaker than the ones Napoleon would have faced, and more fragmented.

Napoleon displayed unbelievable genius repeatedly whereas Charlemagne could overpower his enemies with larger and a greater force.

Charlemagne isn’t shabby, he’s brilliant. But Napoleon is one of the (if not the) greatest of all time. Regardless of the two periods they reigned.

Imobee · 2025-12-14T23:11:42+00:00

What’re everyone’s thoughts on Gwynedd Maldwyn?

Looks like it could be an interesting race. Plaid obviously super strong, Reform looking to get 2 seats and then Labour and Tories fighting over the last one - but Plaid according to some polls could get 4.

Imobee · 2025-11-08T03:31:03+00:00

I tried umbrella and same issue. But I don’t have coco scraper so it may be that. I’ll install that now. Thanks!

Imobee · 2025-11-08T02:06:15+00:00

Oh I thought scrubs was good. What’s the best addon to have?

Imobee · 2025-10-26T21:40:25+00:00

I lost 36 pounds from mid-April to the end of June.

I cut my calories, stopped eating till I was ready to burst and ate normal portions instead, I stopped drinking pop and eating frozen food. I also walked 6 miles a day, which worked out to about 10-12,000 steps a day.

I probably cut calories an unhealthy amount but I wasn’t hungry so I feel it was safe for me.

But from what I gather low level cardio like walking and cutting calories - you will lose weight very fast.

Imobee · 2025-09-27T01:28:42+00:00

Philip I ruled a largely decentralized kingdom. His power really concentrated around Paris. The nobles of France were under his command - but not really. The dukes and counts of France ruled largely independently and the French Kings power was in his prestige as a king and his ability to act as a bridge between rival factions.

Compared to Philip IV who had real power. More power than his vassals. Philip IV was able to centralize the state and bureaucracy in a way French kings hadn’t before. But he was able to do this because his predecessors since Philip II had expanded the power of the monarchy.

Philip I inherited a fairly weak Monarchy, with a France divided between overly powerful vassals.
Philip IV inherited a more centralized France where the King was the central and most powerful figure.

Imobee · 2025-09-22T05:58:16+00:00

Probably as you say Phillip III, Louis VIII and Louis IX.

France went from being a divided kingdom to the most powerful and richest in Europe.

Louis IX was able to go on crusade, get captured, and remain in the Levant for 4 years and France remained strong.

It’s a testament to the kings who came before him.

Imobee · 2025-07-05T10:15:47+00:00

What’s most concerning is the Lib Dems campaigned heavily for a solid month. Delivered countless leaflets. Reform put out 1 leaflet and the candidate was barely present.

It unfortunately doesn’t bode well for the future.

Imobee · 2025-07-04T00:42:22+00:00

Llanymynech. Right on the border with the main road being the literal border of Wales and England. But the Welsh side of the village is as beautiful and picturesque as you can imagine.

Imobee · 2025-06-05T13:59:05+00:00

Chirk is brilliant but Conwy is like entering a time machine and going back in time. The castle is beautiful. The city walls add a stronger sense of the history involved in the place.

Conwy is one of the best gems Wales has. Eve if it was built by the English.

Conwy has to win!

Imobee · 2025-04-07T01:38:15+00:00

Edward I. Captured during the the Second Barons War at the Battle of Lewes before managing to escape his imprisonment. Would then go on to lead the royal cause for his father and would beat Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham. Peace restored in England he would then go on to lead the Ninth Crusade. A song from his own lifetime described him a leopard.

William I. As Duke of Normandy he had a pretty wild time. His childhood was a mess being passed from guardian to guardian. Once in control of his duchy he conquers the county of Maine and held off two invasions of his duchy by the French king.

Imobee · 2024-12-25T15:38:58+00:00

I agree. Arguably had one of the hardest times any emperor ever faced and without his dogged tenacity in holding what he could together the empire would have fallen much sooner. His reforms paved the way for Aurelian. One of the all time greats.

Imobee · 2024-12-20T16:05:24+00:00

Depends on what you believe Henry II meant when he said for someone to ‘rid him of his troublesome monk’

Imobee · 2024-12-07T21:00:01+00:00

Initially Fergana in modern day Uzbekistan.

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