What is the deadliest warrior, pre-modern warfare?

basically no guns..What is the deadliest warrior, pre-modern warfare?
Alexander the Great
David with his slingshot did a good job of defeating an entire army by himelf. Of course, bringing down the walls of Jericho by blowing some trumpets was no mean trick.



Ghengis kahn established the world's largest land-based empire with horses and bows %26amp; arrows.



Macedonian lances did a good job at the time.



The Roman Legions are...well, legion in their effectiveness. Square shields.



Greek fire (Byzantium) was nifty stuff



The English longbows not only changed how people fought wars (making heavily armed cavalry obsolete), but one general even thought they were better than guns until Waterloo. Nobody else listened to him though.



Germ warfare as employed by the Spanish conquistadores was extremely effective in Mexico. They also had guns.What is the deadliest warrior, pre-modern warfare?
Spartan is good choice.



Roman Legionnaire is another top choice, Rome after all conquered the known world at the time, so they had to have good warriors. During the period of the Roman empire no one could stand up against a Roman legion and their style of fighting in a head to head battle, the only times they lost is when the enemy had brilliant generals who outsmarted the Romans with tactics.



Another third choice would be the Templars and Hospitaliers, the crusader knights who against enemies who almost always outnumbered them, and yet they where often times victorious.



Vikings are another choice they were pretty deadly and put fear into their enemies.



If horses are included I'd say the Mongols are up there.What is the deadliest warrior, pre-modern warfare?
No one here has ever heard of Mongolia, I assume.



Mongols fought almost every people on the planet and scored victories on every terrain imaginable. Native populations of desserts in china, tundra in Russia, jungle in india, and the open plains of Central Asia and Eastern Europe were all soundly slaughtered.



The mongol horse archer was a self-suffient unit, with five privately owned horses, well armoured in lamellar and silk, and with a bow that outranged and was more accurate than an English longbow (even when fired from horseback!).



"Mongols never beat Romans!" says someone among you. Heh.



http://news.softpedia.com/news/Attila-03鈥?/a>



Oh wait. They did.
In the ancient times, it would hands down be the Spartan hoplite. If you're going to allow use of chariots, or horses, or some other form of animal I would imagine the American Comanche, who were eventually defeated by soldiers usiing repeating Winchesters of the time.
the longbow man. The longbow is one of the deadliest weapons of medieval warfare.



In terms of sword warfare I would say the Persian Immortals who are legendary in their skill and tactics.
genghis khan



(don't let current mongol / tibetan culture fool you)



also the Templars
Samuri, or holy land assassins =D
Spartans. Check out History Channel's new show "Warriors"