What do Hannibal, Spartacus, Vercingetorix, Mithridates and Boudicca all have in common? At one point, they all had Rome quaking in its boots! Victors do indeed write history, but in this book, Matyszak takes the point of view of the losers. And hell, if you have to lose, then the best way to do it is by nearly winning against the greatest military machine the world has ever known!