10-22-2005, 10:51 AM
Doesn't air in the UK until the 2nd November, but the Daily Telegraph have decided to ask the author of a series of children's historical novels - Caroline Lawrence - on how accurate it was. She was impressed, but then she always says that the Romans considered pederasty to be normal, which I'm dubious about to say the least (a bit too Greek for the Romans, I would have thought).
However, there's a nice close-up of thingie Hinds in a lovely red-leather breastplate with eagle eblazoned across it. The hamata of his accompanying soldiers looks good. However, their swords are dodgy versions of the 'Pompeii' pattern, I've seen better helmets in Asterix and I think I last saw their pila in the Kirk Douglas version of Spartacus. And to go with bloke with the eagle on his t-shirt someone mentioned above, one of the soldiers in wearing a red tunic with a gold wreath on the chest. Also rather flat, rectangular shields, trousers and what look suspiciously like elasticated socks. And they've gone for Mel Gibson's skinhead look for the soldiers as well.
However, there's a nice close-up of thingie Hinds in a lovely red-leather breastplate with eagle eblazoned across it. The hamata of his accompanying soldiers looks good. However, their swords are dodgy versions of the 'Pompeii' pattern, I've seen better helmets in Asterix and I think I last saw their pila in the Kirk Douglas version of Spartacus. And to go with bloke with the eagle on his t-shirt someone mentioned above, one of the soldiers in wearing a red tunic with a gold wreath on the chest. Also rather flat, rectangular shields, trousers and what look suspiciously like elasticated socks. And they've gone for Mel Gibson's skinhead look for the soldiers as well.
Carus Andiae - David Woodall
"The greatest military machine in the history of the universe..."
"What is - the Daleks?"
"No... the Romans!" - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens
"The greatest military machine in the history of the universe..."
"What is - the Daleks?"
"No... the Romans!" - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens