Psychotic girlfriend is high on the list, too.
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Posted on 08/21/2005 12:09:19 PM PDT by wagglebee
As much as I enjoy all things ancient, I also like a bit of historical accuracy thrown into the mix. This show seems more interested in portraying violence and sex (story telling devices that are acceptable in the proper context) than about telling the story of the fading of the glory of the Roman Empire.
The news story got the history wrong, not the producers.
LOL! I'm fairly sure a week of college would probably kill me today. Alcohol poisoning or exhaustion, possibly both. Psychotic girlfriend is high on the list, too.
the Arkancide epidemic
When you consider the fact that 52 BC was at the height of Julius Caesar's power, he had just been victorious in the Gallic wars, and since Caesar was essentially the first Roman emperor, 52 BC was actually the final days of the Roman "republic" as it emerged into an empire which controlled most of the known world.
I thought so, I just wanted to be sure.
Psychotic girlfriend is high on the list, too.
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...ah,......"Big-Brother"....re-writes (Christian-Judeo) history and TEACHES THE WORLD" via the "British-Darwin-Box"....
Hitler's "Darwin-Box".....the "Gas Chambers" showed full nudity too,....real sexy?
/extreme sarcasm
The Brits will tell us all about it while waiting in their High Priced 'Refinery' Petro-Stations...Filled up aready...?
I very much doubt this series is adapted by any such author.
Come to think of it,they may have used Juvenal, although he was very critical of Rome.
They may not be historically accurate, but they serve their purpose by promoting the ideal that the left wing is shooting for.
Sounds like pornography with a little story thrown in.
I saw the previews. Looks promising.
I doubt it's any more violent than The Sopranos, their great series about modern day Romans...
...and I doubt the language is fouler than Deadwood, which was a great series.
One of the writers for "Rome" is John Milius ("Red Dawn"):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384766/fullcredits#writers
Official "Rome" web site:
http://www.hbo.com/rome
Errr, "dying days of the Roman Empire" involving a pair of legionaires returning to Rome from Gaul with Julius Caesar? Either the series writers or the fellow who penned this article have a major league ignorance of some basic history. Julius Caesar predated (and largely caused) the replacement of the Roman Republic with the reign of the emperors.
I know. See #25.
" Haven't seen the new series but I, Claudius is a masterpiece. "
Wholeheartedly agree ...I remember it well on public tv channel 13 in New Joisey ( I was on LI at the time ) ... Might have to invest in the box set one of these days ...
like everything else, they will spice it up...ignoring the reality.
In ancient Rome, there were many quiet people who loved their spouses and children...cared for their slaves, or if slaves cared for their masters...who prayed every day to the gods, and some to God (Christians and Jews often served in the emperor's court...because they were honest and hardworking...)
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