11-04-2006, 07:19 AM
Quote:Making the historically correct helmet would probably have cost HBO just as much as the ones they did use, so I doubt money was the deciding factor, but "looking Roman" was.
You suggest that the historic consultants DID have the correct background info but the costume design team made their own version as to what they thought would look more "roman" to the public.
I disagree. I think that for whatever reason they had a halfbacked historical consultant in matters military and the rawest info to check. I think the choice as how romans should look like fell on the hands of someone who had no idea and was consulted by even less capable fellows. If it would have been about looking "roman" then we would have not seen Hamatas, right? everyone would have worn leather segmentatas.
I tell you...they must have just faxed a picture of a Trajan Column still with one of those silly helmets and ring mail.
Daniel