13 most powerful military forces in the history of the ancient world

In this Top 13, in addition to well-known names such as Sparta or Rome, four of them are Mongolian, Hungarian, Han and Tang Chinese troops.

1. Sparta heavy infantry

Sparta army force

Sparta is the first professional army in history, with a strong will and strict discipline. During the Peloponnesian war, 9,000 Sparta heavy infantry troops caused the Athenian people to stay in the city for only a few years in a row. In the Persian War, only 500 Spartans named after 3,000 Greek soldiers fighting in a clash with 100,000 Persian troops. Finally, Persia must rely on the guidance of the Greek betrayal to win.

2. Han Dynasty army

Contemporary, the Han army and the Roman army are considered the two most powerful forces in the world. However, the victory of the Han Dynasty was still "better than" the Roman army when considering the war with the nomadic peoples. The Han army has strong fighting power, strict organization, using a lot of crossbows so it has a greater advantage than the army of other countries in the battles. This is also a typical all-powerful military model in human history.

3. The Hungarian cavalry

Hungarian Cavalry

The Hungarian army has the flexibility to move and attack as fast as lightning, making it impossible for the enemy to turn over, can replace many times in a day and still ensure the ability to fight. In addition, this army also possesses weapons that are the bow, much more powerful than the Western military supply of the time.

4. Mongolian cavalry

Mongolian army

Mongolian cavalry was founded by Genghis Khan. This army escaped the bondage of traditional military ideology in Europe, forming an unprecedented large-scale empire in the world and also famous for its ability to kill horrors.

When considering each cavalry alone, it is possible that Mongolian cavalry is not equal to Macedonian or Ottoman cavalry, but when the forces join forces together, this army is extremely strong, even considered the strongest. They were like fierce beasts on the battlefield that were born on horseback and with the sole purpose of rushing into battle to kill. There was almost no place to support the Mongol horse hooves.

5. Teutonic cavalry

Although this cavalry was not a battle, but in the most prosperous period, the Teutonic Knights actually controlled the entire eastern Baltic Sea area.

Teutonic "steel" cavalry

They are always at the forefront of battles and are real monsters on the battlefield, striving to ram straight into the enemy formation from as far away as a giant rhino then spread to two wings and circle back to Prepare for the next hit. This action is repeated over and over until the enemy formation is torn apart.

6. The Roman army

Roman army

The legions of the Roman army formed from about 5,000 heavy infantry recruited from Roman citizens. In the Mediterranean, the Roman army conducted numerous battles and defeated many different peoples such as the Gauls, Samnites, Italians, Epirus or Syracuse .

7. Byzantine army

Byzantine military force

Byzantine thrives in the Justinian period.By the 11th century, Byzantine was still the strongest army in the eastern region.The defenses of this army are believed to be the strongest in the world, the cavalry wear armor with spears and bows.

8. The Macedonian army

The army of Phalanx Macedonia (infantry) is equipped with heavy weapons, the left hand holds a round shield with a diameter of about 1m, the right hand holds a spear of about 2m in length, the formation is arranged neatly and dense.

The army of Phalanx Macedonia (infantry)

In addition to infantry, Macedonia also possessed extremely powerful Hetairoi cavalry. This is the key cavalry force in the Macedonian army and is considered to be the most powerful strong cavalry force in the ancient world under the leadership of King Philiops II and then his son - Alexander the Great .

Alexander the Great considered the soldier job as an orthodox profession, building a system of very well trained and trained schools. Hetairoi cavalry always focused on developing its advantages, at the same time attempting to overcome weaknesses, loyal to the strategy of flaring quickly to disrupt the enemy tactical formation and then began to withdraw. Hetairoi was always used as a support force for infantry Phalanx.

9. Arab cavalry

The Arab cavalry was the mighty cavalry of Khalid ibn Al Walid founded with the purpose of serving the conquest and expansion of Islam.

Arab soldiers

The Arab cavalry has the spirit of being ready for martyrdom, with stamina, discipline, excellent riding ability, religious enthusiasm to extremes but still very alert when on duty.

Each cavalry was trained to ride horses, camels, to use a variety of weapons such as swords, spears, bows, including martial arts and military tactics.

10. Tang army

The army is a powerful army formed by many nations. The line consisted of a 12,500-person corps, a joint army, and a joint mission, each of which managed 2 relics, each of which was 100 people. Military lines are among the most elite in terms of quality and number one.

11. Cossack cavalry

Cossack cavalry stands out with flexible tactics

Cossack is very famous cavalry and is also considered the best cavalry of all time. They are masters of battle, from confrontations to face-to-face, sweeping, reconnaissance to tactics that just hit and run. Each soldier has very high military and independence skills.

12. Napoleon's cavalry

Napoleon's army

Napoleon's imperialism is a symbol of greatness, vigor, discipline. With the ingenious military organization of Naopleon I, the army and even the French cavalry became ever more powerful after the weak and even the millennium.

13. Husaria cavalry

Not only was particularly impressed by the wings that made them look like an army coming out of the mythical world, this cavalry was also known for its clever military tactics and special iron armor that created a destructive power kill the enemy.

The name of this cavalry made the enemy terrified whenever they saw the wings on the battlefield, with countless battles, the cavalry team was almost unbeaten. A successive series of these victories such as Lubiszew (1577), Byczyna (1588), Kokenhausen (1601), Kircholm (1605), Kluszyn (1610), Chocim (1621), Martynów (1624), Trzciana (1629) ), Ochmatów (1644), Beresteczko (1651), Polonka (1660), Cudnów (1660), Chocim (1673), Lwów (1675), Vienna (1683) and Párkány (1683).

This unbeaten chain created the 100-year Golden Age of Hurasia warriors. On flat terrain, they are almost unbeatable. Not only that, most of the wars, the numbers of the cavalry were much less than their opponents.

Husaria cavalry is considered the strongest cavalry in European history.

Typical as the battle of Kircholm (1605), the Swedish army excelled in strength and quantity with 11,000 infantry and rifles compared to 1,900 Hurasia cavalry.

But they were defeated with casualties amounting to 6,000, while Polish cavalry lost less than 100 people!

The battle is the most proud and clearly shows the legendary power of the winged cavalry when they must confront the strongest enemy in the world at that time: the Ottoman Empire - the new empire destroyed the empire of La Old code to dominate Europe.

With only 3,000 Husaria cavalry to defeat the powerful army of 200,000 in 1683 in the Vienna battle (rescuing the Austrian capital Vienna from the siege of the Ottoman army).

The name and the eternal legend of the winged cavalry were once again increased with the victory convincing the Ottoman Empire to become the strongest cavalry in European history.