Perhaps greater than you'd expect, if lsb had read the other post.
I hadn't read it, but that's interesting that Patton knew Roman history! (I have a master's in Latin and Greek.)
I would think any general would be versed in Roman history...
Especially one who believed he fought the Romans at Carthage.
Patton was Hannibal?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1311428