Couldn't really get into this one. This is mostly due to the fact that I know little to nothing about the time periods in these stories. The one about the Carthage soldiers was mildly interesting, due to the impossible situation they've gotten themselves in. But I couldn't tell you how divergent this was from the historical fact. Half of the fun of a good alternate-history book is to see how the story compares with the real history, and to see how the author follows one or two changes into an alternate timeline. Without that, these stories just sort of muddled through for me.