article_snippet.sent: But new research suggests that the Roman general may in fact have been suffering from a series of mini-strokes that affected both the Roman general mental and physical state.
article_snippet.sent: Francesco Galassi, a medical doctor at Imperial who conducted the analysis with Hutan Ashrafian, a surgeon at the college, say there are a number of symptoms that mini-strokes can explain better than epilepsy.
article_snippet.sent: New research suggests that the Roman general may in fact have been suffering from a series of mini-strokes that affected both the Roman general mental and physical state. 
article_snippet.sent: This may point to the fact that they also suffered from mini-strokes, a condition that can come about due to genetic disposition.
highlights_snippet.sent: New look at symptoms reveal symptoms have more in common with strokes .