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Suetonius wrote that the Bellum Batonianum was the most difficult conflict Rome faced since the Punic Wars. Compared to other Roman conflicts in that time frame, from external wars from Gaul to Parthia, civil wars, Spartacus, how big of a conflict was this revolt in Illyria? Why would he write that?

by /u/Paulie_Gatto in /r/AskHistorians

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