Their military victories are so dramatic, intelligent and innovative that their losses still look like victories due to the sheer weight of their victories.
--Wow, you saved that poor child from all those forces alone, there must have been thousands - how did you do it?
--Well, I'll tell somebody else after I kill you.
--Wow, you are so kind, my goodness, so generous! Please, go ahead and kill me, I would be honoured to be a victim of your kindness.
Napoleone did not look fantastic when he was invading Russia. Reaching Moskva was a: ineffective, b: they lost 50% of their troops by then, the French weren't celebrating, and Rommell didn't look so great at El Alamein. I know not your ancient folk, but here's someone you should now: Alexandros the Great - coincidentally someone else who has never had a
recorded loss.
Go look up what I said, Suvorov and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, they were very often outnumbered, but they never lost. This frain is very opinionated, and you should never ask opinionated frains.
Go look my mates up, it's not just that they fought few and minor battles, they fought many big and major battles.