As Rome’s grip on Gaul tightened, one man still dared to defy them.

Pliny admired Julius Mauricus because he spoke his mind, and Emperor Nerva because he let him.

When Brennus the Gaul broke through the gates of Rome, Marcus Furius Camillus was far away in exile.

Marcus Furius Camillus knew he must make the Falisci submit to Rome, but the method one man proposed was more than he could stomach.

Roman statesman Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus was thrust out the City for his hardline politics, but he did not stay away for long.

When Porus, the Indian king, surrendered to Alexander the Great at Jhelum, he had only one request to make of him.