Like I've said, this book is very well researched.Granted, there are a few minor liberties taken here and there.The biggest being that Marcus and his family are completely fictional.I'm fairly certain that Marini did this to give a Roman perspective on the happenings.It is also through Marcus that we get to see Arminius grow and change.This is very much the story of Arminius as witnessed by Marcus.Fun fact, Enrico Marini wrote acomic for DC Comics.It was part of a program they did to hire famous European comics writers to write for some of their most famous characters.Anyway, the design Marini used for Bruce Wayne is almost identical to the one he uses for Marcus.Naturally, some have joked that Marcus is Bruce's several times great-grandfather.I'll leave it for you to decide.