Ancient History

» Robin Fowler - Did you watch this series? What did you think?

It is actually very accurate. It does have a bit of a Titanic quality about it, in that fictional characters are embedded in the historical context. But, Pullo and Lucius Vorenus were real people, though there roles in the show have been played up a bit. In fact, Caesar actually mentions Lucius Vorenus in his historical writings.

Everything seems to have been done with painstaking historical accuracy, including costuming and sets. I even noticed that the mirrors the female characters use have the look of the highly polished lead, which is very true to Roman culure.

It is one of my guilty pleasure tv shows!! Things should really be heating up now that J.C. is dead, especially with Cleopatra. I wonder how they will handle Cleo's death, whether they will go with convention an have her commit suicide, or go with what history seems to have implied, and have Octavian off her??