Talk:Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
 | Television Unassessed | |||||||||
| ||||||||||
Removed link for Nick Murphy
I don't think this Nick Murphy is the same one who wrote this series. TNaran 03:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1960322/ 24.141.147.213 16:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Historic "accuracy"?
A word about it? The series puts effect over information anyway, but there seem to be some major flaws in it. I'm not a historian, but a great fan of the "Masters of Rome" series by Colleen McCullough (that has a reputation for thorough research). The "Caesar" episode claims that Caesar wanted to be elected "without election" like a king, while CMCs very detailed story explains that he wanted to stand for office "in absentia", so that he would not have to enter the city and lose his official power over his troops. Maybe the film script didn't leave time to really explain something about roman politics? Also, that later he "made himself" dictator for life, while in CMCs view it was one of the many "unwanted" honors awarded him by a cajoling senate. I guess it depends on what sources you believe in, but this series seems to interpret history in an artistic fashion anyway - the most interesting rumors must be true ;-) Also take a look at the series "Terry Jones's Barbarians" for the other truth about the Sacking of Rome, and as an antidote to Empire fever. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.189.174.62 (talk) 05:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC).