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ma-cortes Televisión docudrama that airs on History Channel, shot in UK and Bulgaria. It deals with the true story of Rome through the eyes of its main contenders who fought strongly to see its destruction. Narrated by Michael Healy , and by experts, scholars , and other hosts. Being well directed by Simon George, Sweeney and O'Dwyer . The series is told from the perspectives of those brave leaders of people that fought Rome who were termed as Barbarians by the Romans. They battled cruelly and savagely and many myths, legends and heroes were born, these are the followings :The notorious Carthaginian general Amilcar Barca had 3 sons , Asdrubal, Mago and Hannibal , all of them strike back against Rome .During the second Punic war in 218 Bc Hannibal: Nicholas Pinnock , attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrinees and the Alps with his vast army , he vanquished Fabio Maximus and , finally , defeated them in Trevia, lake Trasimeno, and Cannas , but being vanquished in Zama by Públio Cornelius Scipion.Then Hannibal committed suicide.As the slave Spartacus: Ben Battle, in 73 bc leads a violent Revolt against the decadent Roman Republic , after weeks of being trained as a gladiator for the arena he turns on his owners. He was a Thracian slave at a gladiators school, as the uprising soon spreads along Italy involving thousands of rebels to lead their final destination : Sicily . He and his thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way only to find their allied have abandoned them. Finally, they must face the might of Rome represented by the powerful Marcus Licinius Crasus: Valentine Pelka.There was a leader of Lusitania , the shepherd Viriathus who unleashes a wave of resistance to save his people from destruction . And Boudica : Kirsty Michell , the warrior Queen on Britain leads her tribe Icenos into rebellion against Rome , previously invaded by emperor Claudio and subsequently the mad emperor Nero.After her husband's death is left to Boudica to unite the fractious tribes of Celtics as Siluros and other Britons. The fiercy Iceni warrior , wife of a deceased King and proud mother of 2 daughters stand against the opressive and conquering empire. In raging torments and blood curling battles, the Barbarians and Roman legions , led by Paulinus who killed the Briton druids , fight a war of attrition, so ruthless and ominous that Boudica becomes a legend throughout the empire , the greatest the world has ever known.In the first half of the first century , the Queruscos and other Teutonic tribes led by Arminius the terrible: Tom Hooper upheaval against the brutal Rome and other adversaries . Augustus: Steven Berkoff orders governor Varo to take command , but he is really vanquished in the massacre of Forest Teoteburgo.Meanwhile, the Roman frontier , called Limes , to Barbarians countries was being protected by the Roman/Goth general Stilichon but he is unfortunately beheaded by the untrusted emperor . Long time after, the brave leader Goth Fritigerno : Steven Washington defeats emperor Byzantine Valente in battle of Adrianapolis, 378, in the Roman province of Thracia . It ended with an overwhelming Victory for the Goths and death of the Eastern emperor Flavio Julio Valente who was locked and burnt. Later on , it takes place the Rome sacking , 410 , by Alarico: Gavin Drea. And Genserico : Richard Brake , king of Vandalos, carries out Cartagho pillaging . His most famous exploit was the capture and plundering of Rome in June 455. Subsequently , Atilla :Hostina , crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans but was unable to take Constantinople commanded by Emperor Teodosius II . Attila was defeated by visigoth Teodorico who died in battle and by General Aecio in Catalunian Fields. However, Aecio was killed by the nasty emperor Valentíniano III , son of Constantius and Galla Placidia, who previously married King Visigoth Ataulpho. And her daughter Honoria attempted to marry Attila to avoid the Rome invasion.

pguadalix When I listened that there was a series about ancient Rome coming from History Channel Documentary I said "It's a must to see", but when at the end I can watch it I said "What they have done?".I believed History Channel was something you can trust when we talk about History matters, but a moment later I began to watch this .... (I don't know how to define it) I couldn't pass from the stories about Hannibal.Carthaginian people wasn't barbarians, they were equals (if not more advanced) with Roman people if we talk about culture and the more important and powerful empire in the western Mediterranean sea.I won't talk about Hannibal being black; I think I never read any fact about it, but it's true than I not remember anything against it either.The facts than made me stop watch this "history documentary" were, among others, the demonization of some Roman generals only to idealize the "The Barbarian" side, not a really historian point of view; another thing is to make appear some characters out of their true role, like Scipio the African who was important years after Hannibal invade Italy because he was too young at this moment, or the missing reference about Fabius Maximus, the real main enemy of Hannibal till he died of old age before Scipio defeated Hannibal.After this I couldn't watch more, so I cannot follow talk about more chapters.

petra-axolotl They got some facts wrong and omitted some others that are really crucial.Contrary to what a commentator claims, Roman armies were essentially militia instead of professionals until the Marian reforms of 107 BC.It was unlikely that Hannibal was Afro-looking. Carthago was itself a colony established by the Phoenicians and Hannibal was supposedly descended from Phoenician nobels. He most likely looked like an Arab rather than an African.The Scipio who fought Hannibal later in Carthago was actually the son of the Scipio who went to Hispania but failed to intercept Hannibal. In the show it was as if these two had been the same guy.The most important Roman figure during the war against Hannibal was Fabius Maximus. Yet he was not even mentioned once in the whole episode.Hannibal eventually killed himself because his patron at that time was being forced by Rome to deliver him. In the show it was as if he simply had got tired of life.The only positive thing is that they usually pronounced Scipio's name in the Latin way, i.e. Skipio instead of Sipio.

aloidi I was very excited when I saw that this series was being aired. The idea of a well written and well acted look at the enemies of Rome, through their own eyes is a very attractive one. Yet. I have only been able to watch the first part of the first program which is about the great general Hannibal Barca. This is a man I know a lot about having read extensively about him. The program is not interested in realism but in selling a story. First they make Hannibal black. There is no mention in any of the extensive Roman histories describing Hannibal as black. Still, I imagine it conforms to a certain type of historical wishful thinking. Underlined by the fact that they have Jesse Jackson commenting on the program. What does Jesse Jackson know about it? So much for experts... They keep calling Hannibal's troops 'Barbarians', why? I doubt even the Romans would have called them barbarians. The Carthaginians were a sophisticated empire that competed with Rome in many ways not just militarily. Hannibal was one of the great, great generals of all time, yet the program skips over many of his greatest battles with barely a mention. I stopped watching.