Hannibal Barca or Alexander the Great - who’s the better general?

Alexander had more success but also had every advantage to lead him to that success. His army was fiercely loyal and probably the best fighting force of the time, going against the bloated and unorganized Persians. Still he accomplished every goal he set out to accomplished, conquered an insane amount of territory and built an insane amount of cities in such a short time frame, and never lost a battle.

Hannibal did eventually lose the 2nd Punic War. He was constantly at a disadvantage, way out numbered, commanding an army of mercenaries and Barbarian Gauls, had minimal support from his own government, and had no supply lines. Even still he decimated Roman army after Roman army, consistently outsmarted and out maneuvered them, and the battle of Cannae is maybe the most impressive victory in military history. When he finally lost at Zama it was due to the Carthaginian government failing him and forcing him to abandon Italy even though he was yet to lose a battle, then making him face an experienced Roman army with raw recruits of his own.

I’ll take Hannibal, his accomplishments are more impressive given the disadvantages he had to face.