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With the Cult of Personality, as seen no only in his Army, but also the effect his has on the audience, Rider could take over the world without a lot of bloodshed.
Add to this who he his, and what he did historically. I am under the impression that if they is any one man that will be respected in the old parts of the world (everything from Greece to Eygpt, to India) it would be Alexander the Great. You don't get "the Great" title lightly. Even old Persia would probably respect him (as oppose to Gil).
He probably doesn't need his army. All he needs is the right sort of political backing, either from a major country, or if he's really good, revamp the UN until people want him to lead them. Where they want what he wants, and he wants what they want.
He might take over the world...and then discover space travel, and other planets. If he wasn't fiction and he wanted to go out there and take those mainly just to see them with his own eyes, walk them with his own feet. I'd follow him.
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