Thermopylae Film!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I agree entirely, too much left out, might as well not bother.
These sort of movies would do well to go down the LOTR route, three excellent films that follow the books pretty closely, at least to my memory.
The characters need fleshing out though, and not just the leading ones.
The Rome series took a leaf out of Pressfield (to me) by using lower totem pole figures as leading characters, as wel las 3 dimensional historical figures, like Caesar, Antony, Cleopatra etc..
These stories are just so full of potential, I realised that we don't need fiction/fantasy
with a history as rich as our planets... Another thing which led me into re-enactment.
Who wants to be Dracula at Halloween when you can be Caesar, or to be a true horror figure, but too controversial, Hitler!!

anyway thats diverging...