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THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments
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05-10-2006, 06:02 PM
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Quote:do any of u have any reccomendations for movies that display a historcially accurate rome>?

A visually accurate portrayal of clothing and armor? None that I know of! Monty Python's "Life of Brian" is one of the best for capturing the spirit of the era. "Gladiator" actually had great sets.

Actually, only the colosseum is anything like an accurate representation. I use it for my Roman class. Everything else is just awful. The Ludi is well known. You can see the foundations clearly even today. They simply made something up. Also, every time they pan away for a wide shot of Rome, everything is wrong. The topography is just fantasy. For the scene of Commodus' triumph, we see the Colosseum framed in the triumphal arch entrance to what is presumably the forum of Trajan. A view that is just impossible since the the Colosseum is off axis from the forum of Trajan. The interiors of the palace, and everything else is just pure hollywood.

Travis
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aka Travis Lee Clark (21st C. American name)

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THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Woadwarrior - 05-09-2006, 01:47 PM
It may be an issue of numbers - by Neuraleanus - 05-09-2006, 02:25 PM
Hollywood & History... - by Narukami - 05-09-2006, 07:02 PM
Polishing kit - by Celer - 05-10-2006, 09:04 AM
ok - by Woadwarrior - 05-10-2006, 12:25 PM
sorry - by Woadwarrior - 05-10-2006, 12:30 PM
ok - by Woadwarrior - 05-10-2006, 01:34 PM
b ump - by Woadwarrior - 05-10-2006, 01:51 PM
Re: ok - by tlclark - 05-10-2006, 02:03 PM
Re: ok - by hoplite14gr - 05-10-2006, 02:23 PM
Re: Polishing kit - by drsrob - 05-10-2006, 04:48 PM
Re: ok - by Matthew Amt - 05-10-2006, 05:01 PM
Re: ok - by Felix - 05-10-2006, 05:02 PM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Woadwarrior - 05-10-2006, 05:53 PM
Re: ok - by tlclark - 05-10-2006, 06:02 PM
ok - by Woadwarrior - 05-11-2006, 12:35 PM
Gallic \'F\' centurion\'s helmet II - by Celer - 05-11-2006, 02:02 PM
Re: ok - by tlclark - 05-11-2006, 02:03 PM
Re: ok - by tlclark - 05-11-2006, 02:07 PM
Re: ok - by tlclark - 05-11-2006, 02:16 PM
ok - by Woadwarrior - 05-11-2006, 02:41 PM
Applying for space for photos - by Celer - 05-11-2006, 07:45 PM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Gaius Decius Aquilius - 05-12-2006, 01:43 AM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Gaius Decius Aquilius - 05-12-2006, 04:00 AM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Gaius Decius Aquilius - 05-12-2006, 07:53 AM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Woadwarrior - 05-12-2006, 12:38 PM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Woadwarrior - 05-12-2006, 03:38 PM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Woadwarrior - 05-12-2006, 03:47 PM
Re: THE REAL ROMAN ARMY vrs. the renactments - by Gaius Decius Aquilius - 05-13-2006, 05:30 PM

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