PoissonPen t1_iu1g2qm wrote on October 27, 2022 at 9:03 PM

HBO's Rome is a great show worth watching. Kind of like game of thrones, but with some basis in reality. They take a lot of liberty with things but it can give you some basic understanding of that era. But just like GoT it's amazingly well cast & acted, even a few future GoT actors are in it.

Season 1 follows Caesar from Gaul to his fall.

Season 2 covers the resulting Triumverate & eventual civil war.

Scat_fiend t1_iu322yv wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:38 AM

I like how important aspects and turning points in this part of history are portrayed as misunderstandings and accidents occurring to the two protagonists rather than the historical narrative we otherwise know. Because they could indeed have happened this way. We don’t actually know.