Born with Teeth. History`s Bravest Warrior
`Rome`s Achilles` was decorated 170 times, scarred with forty-five wounds - all on the front of his body - fought as a champion in single combat to the death, saving the day for Rome on many occasions, and took part in 120 battles over forty years. His name: Lucius Siccius Dentatus - `Born with teeth`. As the author of this exciting insight into the struggles of Republican Rome observes, `Lucius Siccius, when called upon to do so, was literally a fighting and killing machine, an enigma of warfare, a man who must have had a constitution of iron and who was probably completely lacking in conscience.` Hero or psychopath? Spokesman for the downtrodden, or political volcano? This excellent historical study reveals how one man`s fighting...
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