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Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-1632 Military biography Caesar, Julius Hannibal, 247 B.C.-182 B.C.Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

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