Who were some of the greatest roman soldiers?

Question:ive never really heard of any of them...

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: ive never really heard of any of them...

Trajan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan
Caesar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caes...
Gaius Marius - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Mariu...
Constantine I - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine...

That's all i can think of off the top of my head for now. Obviously don't just use wiki for every piece of information you get, do a search on the names of these men and see what different sites you come up with - i came up with at least 2 pages of decent links for each, especially Caeser.

You'll find most of the greatest roman soldiers were either emperors or closely related - normal generals and soldiers did not have the luxury of having their names remembered, as the onus often fell on their superiors. Of course, if things went wrong, the generals would be blamed...

This may also help, it's a list of roman generals - I don't have the time but if you look through some of them you may find some very interesting facts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rom...

One of the most influential Romans that actually fought was Alexander the Great. He was an emperor though.

Marcus Aurellius, father of Commodus below.
Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, not to be confused with the portrayal of Commodus in the movie "The Gladiator".

The following 2 were connected long before Cleopatra came along.
Marc Antony
Julius Caesar

Hadrian, research his monumental building of "Hadrian's Wall", in Britain. He knew a lot about where to place his defenses (forts and legions).