Romans would have been disgusted by the death of bin Laden. They expected better of their enemies, even if mass murderers, than to be supinely dispatched, cowering behind his wife, without a fight or heroic gesture.
Mithradates, king of Pontus in Asia Minor (northern Turkey), plotted against Rome for nearly 30 years.
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