08-23-2006, 08:25 AM
Quote:Quote:Don't just think of modern western appearances. Here are photographs which show people whose lifestyles probaby reflect the ancients far more than ours:Quote:2. Most of the characters faces on the series have this aged kind of dirty look to them, is this the work of makeup, and effects, or could real romans look like that?Yes! Look around you... we have almost the same genes still....
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Quote:This is a debatable subject. Go here for an alternative view:Quote:9. Dialouge: Did romans actually talk like in this series? Did they have conversations about things portrayed in this series? fro example: lucius asking advice about women to vorenus? or other things too!No they spoke vulgar latin. I´ve heard that modern Romanian is the language closest to that today and some dialects in Italy. In terms of cursing, foul language and other... Yes! That´s very possible!
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Yes their lifestyle yes but I was thinking in the terms of diversity ancestry among the citiezens of Rome! The pictures of Jeromy Sutton Hibbins was great though
And there was lots of speculative and questionable qoutes in the article you refered too in that other tread.