Quote Originally Posted by econ21
From my armchair, I had thought the Romans were typically outnumbered when fighting the Celts? The siege (or rather attempted relief of) Alesia springing to mind. The numerical disadvantage reported in some of the fights against the Britons (e.g. the defeat of Boudicca) was also extreme.
Much like Herodotus, Caesar was a little too eager to make the numbers of his enemies a little greater than they should.