Rome

[dengeist]

I can't get enough of this show! It's like watching a play for an hour. Great acting, even though it's known how it's going to turn out it's a fun ride.

Thoughts?

[lilyflower]

I can't get enough of this show! It's like watching a play for an hour. Great acting, even though it's known how it's going to turn out it's a fun ride.

Thoughts?

Never seen it

[cheshrcarol]

I hadn't heard much about it except that it was really really violent, so I haven't been that tempted to watch it when I've seen it on.

[dengeist]

Watch it tonight on HBO-W, in a couple of minutes actually.

The first few episodes were violent because it dealt with the end of the Gallic wars and Ceasar's rise to power, which was pretty bloody. But now they're starting to focus on the politics of the city.

[cheshrcarol]

Well I don't know, I was going to watch Cathouse 7... ;). Is it easy to get in to without having seen any of the earlier episodes?

[dengeist]

I just watched it. I think this episode would have been a good "jumping on" point.

[cheshrcarol]

What was the deal with the two guys in the beginning - the one who killed himself and the one whose throat was cut?

[dengeist]

They were the last two senators, Cato and Scipio, that fled Rome when Ceasar came with his army. They opposed him over and over. Cato realizes that they can't win. That's what the whole, "Go make your peace with Ceasar" "No, I'll follow you anywhere." "You don't want to follow me this time." thing was about. Cato realizes they have no place to go, so he does the honorable thing. Scipio realizes it too, so he has one of his men kill him.

[cheshrcarol]

Ohh, ok. Now it all makes sense. It was good, you were right about it being like watching a play.

[dengeist]

Yeah, you can't go wrong with acting like that. Most of those actors are trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and they mostly do plays in the UK. It's a great show.

[pink bunny]

I heard Marcus Amelius Lepidus and Titus Labienus wern't major charcters and assumed it isn't very historically accurette...

[dengeist]

Who? They must be very minor characters.

[pink bunny]

Huh? Labineuss was Julius second in command during the Gallic War, and was Pompieus chief of operations and practically ran the war after his death until the Battle of Munda. Amelius was the Pretor Urbanus when Julius marched on Rome, the guy who is in charge of commanding the cities defenses. He was Julius' second in command when Julius was dictator. If Tullius hadn't abolished the dictatorhsip he would have taken over for Julius after his death. He had the support of almost half of the Roman Army and saved Antionius after the battle of Muntia. He was an Imperetor, and Pontifex Maximus. One of the most brilliant admistraters and polliticians of Accient ROme. He was in the second Trimunitive. He defeated Sextus Pompieus. To say Amelius is a minor charchter in Roman History is to say Alexander Hamiltion was a minor figure in Americian politics...

[dengeist]

I'm guessing they'll be in the show then, since it's starting to get political now.

[spokes]

i thought that you were talking about Jim Rome.......

[pink bunny]

I don't know. Amelius has been bashed pretty badly in modern politics for "selling out" due to his role in the fall of the Republic. WHile Labineuss was the third most important figure in opposing Julius after Pompieus and Porcius, he tourtured and mutilated many Romans, and they probally don't want to portray the Senetorial side in an honest light, for then they would be considered too pro Julius...