Icelander is a reserved but ambitious general who can be egotistic and aggressive, but noble and courageous.
The rise of the primipilares may have provided the army with more professional leadership, but it increased military rebellions by ambitious generals.
There are ambitious generals in the military today as well, and they will again have the last word in any power struggle.
A couple failures and some ambitious general will take a shot at snatching his job.
Too many Emperors had been overthrown by army mutinies led by ambitious generals.
St. Paul had not been intriguing with an ambitious general.
Your heritage will not be destroyed by ambitious generals and scheming advisers.
If the emperor was near the border in the East, chances were high that an ambitious general would rebel in the West and vice-versa.
And he made an alliance with organized labor to offset the political power of ambitious generals.
Sumitro was an ambitious general who disliked the strong influence of Suharto's Aspri inner circle.