CENTURION film: Babes in face paint!

[Aulus Perrinius]

He might consider changing the title to "Babe Heart" to give the audience a better idea what they are walking into.
Narukami

Will she lift her kilt? lol: :twisted:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Ooo-Arrrr good enough reason for me to see it!! :lol: :lol:

[Aulus Perrinius]

Ooo-Arrrr good enough reason for me to see it!! :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: Hee hee... I need a life

[ViperScot]

This has to be the most pedantic forum I've ever come across!

I'm happy to see a movie coming out that shows the Roman Army getting it's arse kicked, as definitely happened from time-to-time.

After Mons Graupius, the northern Scottish tribes learnt how to fight the Romans and, in this respect, I think 'Centurion' will be quite accurate...

There will certainly be lots of inaccuracies in the film and I think Neil Marshall is more than aware of these. BUT THIS IS A FEATURE FILM, NOT A DOCUMENTARY!!! It's not meant to pander to pedants...

Sure, what I would expect from a true scots :wink: ...btw, you need to put your real name in your signature Scottie boy!
As to learning how to fight the Romans, they resorted to the only method available to anyone who could not field a modern field army, then as today, and resorted to guerrilla warfare. It was possibly a fluke that the Romans managed to catch them enmass at Mons Graupius, as I believe they were more inclined to avoid the Romans in a head on confrontation before then too. But I am inclined to believe it was good intelligence and the Romans ability to move rapidly that helped them corner them for a large scale confrontation.

BTW, are you saying the Romans get their asses kicked in the movie? hock: hock: hock: :lol: What novel is this based on then?

We're not so much pedantic as people who spend a lot of time following a hobby in some cases, others who have careers in history, archaeology, etc

It wouldn't be the end of the world to expect a film to accurately portray the Romans
any more than any other aspect of history in a movie.....saying that I quite liked Gladiator...Duck incoming missiles but all the same, I would love to get the chance to see a film that shows it how it really was, instead of as a figment of the imagination.

Also, I am quite jealous that us Romans who live up in the north didn't get a shot in there too.

Roman dog, if you would like a shot at a Pict then I live in Alford!! Come and have your head cleaved by a REAL warrior!

But seriously, I believe the Romans get well and truely HUMPED in the film. This clearly happened on occassion; it was just that the Roman 'historians' chose to gloss over such humiliations... Lots of evidence of war propaganda by the Romans... For instance, Tacitus' account of 10,000 members of the confederation of the northern tribes killed versus about 360 Romans... come on, unless the Romans had semi-automatic weapons!!! :roll:

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Tacitus' and others numbers might be exaggerated or not. Although I guess these numbers include many non-combatatants and / or poorly trained "civilians".
However, a stark disproportion in casualties is not automatically propaganda. The battle of Pydna in 168 BCE for example saw 25.000 dead Greeks and only 200 Roman casualties at the end of the day.
In general most casualties in battles of antiquity arose from them ensuing rout, when the defeated were literally cut down in hundreds or thousands.

[Magnus]

ViperScot, please add your real name to your signature please. Forum rules. 8)

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I'll see you at Mons Graupius(Archaolink) Caledonian sheep-shaggie!!! :mrgreen:

[ViperScot]

I'll see you at Mons Gaupius(Archaolink) Caledonian sheep-shaggie!!! :mrgreen:

Been there and it was rubbish!

[ViperScot]

ViperScot, please add your real name to your signature please. Forum rules. 8)

How'd you do that?

[Agraes]

This is beeing discussed elsewhere:
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[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I'll see you at Mons Gaupius(Archaolink) Caledonian sheep-shaggie!!! :mrgreen:

Been there and it was rubbish!

So how would you suggest they improve it?
Or are you refering to when you were there when Agricola passed by and laid some Woop-ass on your butt? :wink:

Go into your profile and you will see a signature link, put it in there.

[ViperScot]

I'll see you at Mons Gaupius(Archaolink) Caledonian sheep-shaggie!!! :mrgreen:

Been there and it was rubbish!

So how would you suggest they improve it?
Or are you refering to when you were there when Agricola passed by and laid some Woop-ass on your butt? :wink:

Go into your profile and you will see a signature link, put it in there.

Well, it wasn't rubbish but it was looking a bit shabby... And I thought that they could have 'bigged up' the Pict bit more. It is the most enigmatic part of north of Scotland's history after all...

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I guess it's possibly to do with the Picts being a Latin name for a conglomerate of northern peoples, as opposed to a tribal grouping?

But there are improvements to be made, plus we are trying to get a Roman group going there. I think there are quite a few people who do the role of Caledonian warriors there too. Good potential with some effort from interested people!

[ViperScot]

I guess it's possibly to d owit hthe Picys being a Latin name for a conglomerate of northern peoples, as opposed to a tribal grouping?

But there are improvements to be made, plus we are trying to get a Roman group going there. I think there are quite a few people who do the role of Caledonian warriors there too. Good potential with some effort from interested people!

Indeed - the Picts would not have called themselves such, especially not during early Roman times. Even the Romans would not have referred to them as such during the period Centurion is set (117AD) - the term arrived a couple of centuries later.

I was speaking to a guy who runs the Britania battle re-enactment group down south recently. He suggested that there were no dedicated 'Pictish' groups anywhere in the UK - is that the case?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Well, aside from the infamous 'Robbie the Pict' you've got me there!

It is a slightly later period than we do, but it is definately an era that would be useful for reenactment, in my mind!

Perhaps the other guys on here who are more familiar with the later period would know for sure!

I am just a dabbler with the later periods, for now!