Before Zama Hannibal said that the first general of all times was Alexandros, the second Phyrros and the third himself... only if he would have managed to defeat Scipio Africanus he would have been the best of all...
Caesar once complained about the fact he was only praetor in Hispania while at the same age Alexandros had conquered most of the known world...
and Asia isn't certainly a minor place...
keep up the good work!