11-17-2010, 11:24 AM
Quote:Apart from the question how accurate it is (the whole story is based on an historical error, i.e. the "destruction of the 9th", after all) and how well it follows the story of the book (which I loved as a kid and even made my wife teach to her middle schoolers), I have to say the trailer looks VERY COOL. Wow.Well, I'd say that much of the popularity of that historical error is due to the success of that very book!
Quote:In one of the earlier threads on the Forum was posted a production photo from this film showing the legionaries armed with pilum (as opposed to the film Centurion that opted to arm the Romans with spears). 8)Well, since Marcus is commander of an auxiliary cohort, you would traditionally expects the hasta instead of the pilum.
Of course, personally I don't think that it was always so that auxilia use the hamata/hasta as opposed to the legions using the segmentata/pilum combination... So maybe there's really more authenticity here than we normally give Hollywood credit for. Or.. maybe not. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
