This could've been great
Just saw it om Netflix. I love historic films, so seeing it was a no-brainer. Unfortunately, that was also the case with this series. The basic plot was alright, but they should have made it completely fictional, with fictional names and in a fictional country, because what's correct in this series is three things: Julius Caesar was in fact murdered, Octavian did indeed become "emperor" (though it wasn't his title), and most names was correct and belonged to actual living people. THAT'S IT. 95% of this is completely fabricated and so far from the truth it's hysterical, they even had a black roman general for good measure. There were good moments though, like the acting from some, not all, actors like Colm Feore and Emily Blunt.
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