I did, actually, a long time ago. And you&#x27;ll find a number of instances of Roman troops cutting civilians to pieces, either after being ordered to, or on their own initiative. Modern estimates of casualties are in hundreds of thousands, which, considering the size of the population at that time, is a significant chunk.<p>That&#x27;s not mentioning the ethics of invading a country to pay back your creditors.<p>This doesn&#x27;t make Caesar particularly bloodthirsty by the standards of the time. However, someone like Scipio Africanus behaved in a much more humane way.