06-23-2014, 07:23 PM
Quote:I do not knwo what was the aim of the screenwriter, but the enmity between Pompeiians and Romans might not be so far fetched.
True, true ... I was aware of the siege, when I was there I remember seeing one of the northern wall towers that was slighted, and not repaired (by the Roman army ... Sulla, Marius .. sorry its not my period!!). But I really think the sentiment is just cinema fodder, taking a page (or chapter) out of Gladiator, with its 'free and democratic Republic' versus the tyranny of the emperor. In fact there are lots of things 'borrowed', 'stolen' or 'imitated' from Gladiator ...
Paul Elliott
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
