06-04-2014, 09:42 AM
"It is amusing/frustrating that the lead heroine defiatinely states (to paraphrase) "I am not a Roman, I am. Pompeian" and hates the Romans, despite bring thoroughly Roman herself...... again, its a modern sensibility of Washington versus the States, Big Evil Government versus the honest little people at the edge."
I am not so sure about this interpretation.
Let's not forget that Pompeii was besieged and conquered by Roman troops in 89-88 BCE because it had rebelled the previous year. Furthermore, in 57 CE the Romans change the status of Nucera into a colonia, thus creating huge economical problems to Pompeii (and this tension ends into a huge brawl between Nucerians and Pompeians two years later, which forces the Emperor to close the amphitheatre of Pompeii for ten years).
I do not knwo what was the aim of the screenwriter, but the enmity between Pompeiians and Romans might not be so far fetched.
I am not so sure about this interpretation.
Let's not forget that Pompeii was besieged and conquered by Roman troops in 89-88 BCE because it had rebelled the previous year. Furthermore, in 57 CE the Romans change the status of Nucera into a colonia, thus creating huge economical problems to Pompeii (and this tension ends into a huge brawl between Nucerians and Pompeians two years later, which forces the Emperor to close the amphitheatre of Pompeii for ten years).
I do not knwo what was the aim of the screenwriter, but the enmity between Pompeiians and Romans might not be so far fetched.
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Salvatore Falco
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Furius Togius Claudius Quintillus
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Salvatore Falco
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Furius Togius Claudius Quintillus
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