Rome the TV show

[richsc]

Who also thinks *&^%^%%^^ didn't *&^ at the end of season 2? (self censored until tomorrow)

But it was also running into I Claudius. Still, starting to see Livia develop her nasty habits would be pretty interesting.

[Tarbicus]

Who also thinks Vorenus didn't die at the end of season 2?

Sssshhhh. The final episode doesn't air here until tomorrow.....

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I only got to see the first season when it came out DVD, and right after watching the 1st episode, I was hooked! What appeals me about the show is that the main characters are really just two ordinary blokes, and we see the political machination and story usually from their point of view.

Yes that is the great part of the show! I just cannot understand why doing that with Pressfields 'Gates of Fire' proved such a puzzler to Hollywood!

[Ceannt]

I thought the last shoe was on wednesday :?:

[Tarbicus]

I thought the last shoe was on wednesday :?:

Tomorrow night (Sunday).

[Et tu brute]

I think it's a great series, it's a shame they aren't doing a third, but I can understand why. One thing I struggle with is why they show legionaries with Segmentata, surely there wasn't any around at this time?

[Ceannt]

Hi all

Your right it was not around untill 9AD (I think) but as a buddy said to me they stuck the Segmentata in because it looks better than the mail (all of the heliments are not correct as well) :wink:

[Roy]

Only Octavian's soldiers (and not even all of them) wear segmentata. I don't think I saw any soldiers in the army of Brutus and Cassius wearing them.
Segmentata are often associated with imperial Rome, so I think they did it to show the shift from republic to principate.

[john m roberts]

Also, during the war between Antony and Octavian it let you know whose soldiers you were seeing.

[Tarbicus]

Your right it was not around untill 9AD (I think) but as a buddy said to me they stuck the Segmentata in because it looks better than the mail (all of the heliments are not correct as well) :wink:

9 BC is the earliest find to date, apparently. But that's a find, and there is a 'school of thought' that it would have therefore been introduced much earlier.

[Ceannt]

Hi all

9BC hock: do you know where in the world they found it :?:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I have a feeling caesar or octavian introduced it! Just a feeling tho' :wink:

Now, to get to my real reason for posting here!

Wha tthe hell happened to this evenings episode?
Some bloody football game on again, then to rub salt in, they go straight to a bloody bike GP!

Theres a damn sports channel for that drivel! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Excuse my profanity, but this is not what I pay a TV license for! :x

[Tarbicus]

Wha tthe hell happened to this evenings episode?
Some bloody football game on again, then to rub salt in, they go straight to a bloody bike GP!

Theres a damn sports channel for that drivel! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Excuse my profanity, but this is not what I pay a TV license for! :x

Ummm, it was on BBC2 between 9pm and 10pm, or I had a very spooky hallucination :? 2lbo3ocu]It's repeated tonight (Monday). 11:20pm - 12:25am, BBC2. VIDEO Plus+: 182101[/size][/color]

9BC hock: do you know where in the world they found it :?:

Dangstetten, Germany.

[Marcus F.]

Here is Junkelmann's comment:
http://www.tvspielfilm.de/news/specials ... ct_id=5279

[Narukami]

My German was never very good -- no facility with languages (to my shame) :oops:

Could someone favor us with a "rough" translation -- looks like his comments might be interesting.

Thanks. :wink:

Narukami