Commanders of the classical world, active before roughly 500 CE: Alexander the Great and his Macedonian and Hellenistic successors, Hannibal Barca of Carthage, and the generals of the Roman Republic. Belongs here: a commander whose campaigns are attested in the classical Mediterranean or East Asian world. Does not belong here: a commander active after the western Roman collapse, who belongs to Medieval.
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1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
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Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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