11-16-2006, 07:48 AM
I am a bit late to this conversation -- my apologies.
Just saw the episode on the Jewish Revolt and was amazingly surprised by how entertaining it was, although one hour hardly does justice to the topic. Much of it seemed like a Reader's Digest version of a longer film.
It felt a bit like Roman History Lite.
Even so they did seem to get quite a few points correct and, as Kate pointed out, a not too uniform army with a nice mix of armor and helmet types. I did think there were too few centurions about, but did see more of them near the end of the episode.
This is a topic that deserves a mini-series of its own and, for that matter, a revised board game as well. That old war horse from Avalon Hill could use a make over though it is still fun to play.
:wink:
Narukami
Just saw the episode on the Jewish Revolt and was amazingly surprised by how entertaining it was, although one hour hardly does justice to the topic. Much of it seemed like a Reader's Digest version of a longer film.
It felt a bit like Roman History Lite.
Even so they did seem to get quite a few points correct and, as Kate pointed out, a not too uniform army with a nice mix of armor and helmet types. I did think there were too few centurions about, but did see more of them near the end of the episode.
This is a topic that deserves a mini-series of its own and, for that matter, a revised board game as well. That old war horse from Avalon Hill could use a make over though it is still fun to play.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
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