10-31-2005, 04:20 AM
Thanks for that info, Arthes 
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I just saw the Hannibal vs Rome and I thought it was quite good.
The guy playing Hannibal looks Mediterranean (as he should) as well as just about everyone else in the ranks.
The CGI armies were impressive but the armor was a mixed bag although it could've been much worse. It looks like some effort was put into avoiding anachronisms for a change.
They had proper oval scuta and simple short chain mail shirts (real ones) with no sleaves. But the Romans wore Gallic helmets. However it looks like they had pseudo-Republican type helmets but they were worn by the Carthaginians :?
And they had the ubiquitous (on TV anyway) leather musculatae worn by Hannibal and Scipio. I loved the pteruges on Scipio's. 8)
The CGI battle maps were very impressive as well.
In terms of content, as usual these documentaries tend to tell the story a bit too faithfully from the Roman version of events. But overall it was a very well done production, IMO.
I'll buy it
wink: I just saw the Hannibal vs Rome and I thought it was quite good.
The guy playing Hannibal looks Mediterranean (as he should) as well as just about everyone else in the ranks.
The CGI armies were impressive but the armor was a mixed bag although it could've been much worse. It looks like some effort was put into avoiding anachronisms for a change.
They had proper oval scuta and simple short chain mail shirts (real ones) with no sleaves. But the Romans wore Gallic helmets. However it looks like they had pseudo-Republican type helmets but they were worn by the Carthaginians :?
And they had the ubiquitous (on TV anyway) leather musculatae worn by Hannibal and Scipio. I loved the pteruges on Scipio's. 8)
The CGI battle maps were very impressive as well.
In terms of content, as usual these documentaries tend to tell the story a bit too faithfully from the Roman version of events. But overall it was a very well done production, IMO.
I'll buy it
Jaime
