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HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the
I think they don't want to confuse the audience with Roman naming customs so they're going with the names everyone is familiar with, primarily from Shakespeare: "Octavian", "Marc Antony" and "Pompey" instead of Gaius Octavius, Marcus Antonius and Pompeius. I don't blame them. This is a minor quibble I can live with. I had a harder time swallowing Caesar's statement to the chief augur that he was "a simple soldier, unfamiliar with religious matters." He was pontifex maximus, for Jupiter's sake. He ruled on all aspects of Roman religion. And don't get me started on Cleopatra and the Alexandrian court. Overall, though, I find it a very superior production, way ahead of any other tv Classical drama.
Pecunia non olet
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Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at - by Anonymous - 02-02-2005, 03:51 AM
Celts - by Paullus - 02-10-2005, 11:37 PM
Ho hum - by Nathan Ross - 08-09-2005, 11:39 PM
Re: Ho hum - by Robert Vermaat - 08-10-2005, 05:13 PM
ROME - by Graham Sumner - 08-11-2005, 09:27 AM
Rome Pictures - by Graham Sumner - 08-11-2005, 12:20 PM
Tableware - by Nathan Ross - 08-11-2005, 02:46 PM
A bit off-topic, - by Neuraleanus - 08-22-2005, 07:38 PM
Another review - by Neuraleanus - 08-25-2005, 03:17 PM
Only on the Ides of March - by Neuraleanus - 08-25-2005, 08:38 PM
Whistles? - by Neuraleanus - 08-29-2005, 02:17 AM
A roman whistle - by Neuraleanus - 08-30-2005, 02:15 AM
Draco? - by Arthes - 08-30-2005, 08:01 PM
Re: Draco? - by Robert Vermaat - 08-31-2005, 05:38 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 09-06-2005, 05:14 AM
Rome set for 2007 season - by Arthes - 09-12-2005, 06:38 PM
Re: Another review - by Marcus F. - 09-17-2005, 11:28 PM
George Caeasar Bush - by Caballo - 09-18-2005, 02:19 PM
Re: Another review - by Comerus Gallus - 09-20-2005, 04:06 PM
Free Rome episode DVD - by Arthes - 10-16-2005, 09:00 PM
Rome - by Carus Andiae - 10-22-2005, 10:51 AM
Sex in the civitas - by Nathan Ross - 10-22-2005, 02:32 PM
Caesar\'s child - by Antonius Lucretius - 10-25-2005, 01:20 PM
Rome - by Vlad the Impala - 11-03-2005, 08:06 PM
Rome - by Vlad the Impala - 11-03-2005, 08:27 PM
You poor Brits - by Neuraleanus - 11-04-2005, 12:29 AM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by john m roberts - 11-04-2005, 03:27 PM
Re: You poor Brits - by Arthes - 11-04-2005, 11:57 PM
Check out the cavalry shield - by Neuraleanus - 11-06-2005, 06:50 PM
Re: You poor Brits - by Arthes - 11-07-2005, 09:18 PM
Latest Episode of HBO\'s Rome - by Narukami - 11-08-2005, 04:23 PM
Tunic Wars III - by ambrosius - 11-10-2005, 02:10 AM
Roman Helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-10-2005, 03:49 PM
Follywood helmets - by ambrosius - 11-10-2005, 10:39 PM
Re: Follywood helmets - by Robert Vermaat - 11-11-2005, 12:24 AM
Re: Follywood helmets - by ambrosius - 11-11-2005, 01:44 AM
Roman Helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-11-2005, 02:06 AM
Re: Follywood helmets - by Marius_Ursus - 11-18-2005, 04:22 PM
Rome in summer 2006 in German TV - by Uwe Bahr - 01-07-2006, 03:44 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 01-23-2006, 09:34 PM
Re: HBO\'s "Rome" to present more realistic look at the - by Anonymous - 01-23-2006, 11:49 PM
Rome Returns - by Narukami - 04-28-2006, 06:57 PM
Re: Rome Returns - by Robert Vermaat - 04-28-2006, 10:28 PM
Re: Rome Returns - by Marius_Ursus - 05-02-2006, 08:16 PM
HBO\'s Rome on DVD this August - by Narukami - 06-14-2006, 08:51 PM
Rome on DVD - by Caius Fabius - 06-15-2006, 04:00 AM
Rome helmet - by Graham Sumner - 08-03-2006, 04:39 PM
out on DVD season I - by Caius Fabius - 08-15-2006, 03:39 PM
helmet - by Graham Sumner - 11-01-2006, 08:30 PM
Rome - by Graham Sumner - 01-15-2007, 08:58 PM
HBO Rome -- A Battle At Last... - by Narukami - 02-12-2007, 04:12 PM
Rome beefs - by bigdummy - 02-19-2007, 06:06 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by stevesarak - 02-19-2007, 06:36 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by bigdummy - 02-19-2007, 06:50 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by stevesarak - 02-19-2007, 07:09 PM
Re: Rome beefs - by Narukami - 02-19-2007, 08:29 PM
re: pila - by rkmvca1 - 02-25-2007, 06:10 AM
Re: re: pila - by SOCL - 02-25-2007, 06:35 AM

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