• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        33·
        15 days ago

        Oh, lord, where to begin? It started poorly, with worse-than-average spinny Hollywood battles, which should have been a bad sign right off the bat. But it proceeded to entirely skip over some of the most interesting parts of Caesar’s life while blatantly misrepresenting the lead-up to the First Triumvirate, displaying a poor understanding and characterization of Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar as well as the general political and social dynamics of the Late Republic.

        Also, Caesar had a beard, very undisciplined, 0/10

        • milkisklim@lemm.eeEnglish
          8·
          13 days ago

          But beards are in… The focus group said so! How else will we know he’s a handsome man of the people?

          \s

    • eestileibEnglish
      5·
      14 days ago

      It’s got Young Actual Hottie Patrick Stewart in it.

    • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      14 days ago

      I keep meaning to give this a view. Mike Duncan gave it a solid recommendation on his “History of Rome” podcast (which itself is excellent. Currently on my 2nd listen).

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    14 days ago

    I watched this because I’d seen the one about Japanese medieval history and it was awesome. I agree, the Roman Empire Netflix show has been disappointing.

  • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
    710·
    15 days ago

    *Nowadays

    Not “anymore”. Keep that “positive anymore” midwest garbage out of here. It sounds terrible.