Top Roman Historian Rates Famous Movie Scenes

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  @sofiagolubtsova2268 · 4 years ago (edited)

  It’s better than some other videos, because the historian doesn’t just focuses on the 100% accuracy, but actually understands the importance of creating a movie that is interesting to watch. And he overall seems like a very interesting person, and not just someone who knows a lot about some period of time.

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  @oberstul1941 · 4 years ago

  A roman historian who actually likes Gladiator? I can&apos;t believe my eyes.<br>Cheers!

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  @DJLA · 4 years ago

  &quot;Just to be absolutly clear Pompeii was a shit movie&quot; 😂 I love how hard he lays into that one!

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  @mathewdeane4403 · 4 years ago

  Another important thing to note is Commodus in real life did actually fight in the Colosseum as Emperor although the matches were always basically guaranteed for him and it contributed to his downfall

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  @stephanvenner2939 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ve heard that for the Eagle they trained real Military men for the Part of the Legionaires.I think that&apos;s why the scenes in the Camp and of the fight look so authentic.

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  @scribbly2983 · 4 years ago

  The part of Pompeii that drove me nuts particularly was they showed the main characters turning to stone at the end. &nbsp;Not remotely what happened. &nbsp;The stone figures were formed by later historians pouring cement into the voids left by the decomposed bodies.

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  @d33b33 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kwebDQ868&amp;t=214">03:34</a> That&apos;s the myth of the &quot;blood runnel&quot;, or &quot;blood groove&quot;. This is the historical nickname for the fuller, which has led to people believing blood running through it is part of how a sword kills. The only reason the fuller groove exists is to lighten the blade where the steel is unnecessarily thick. This also moves the point of balance down towards the grip, which makes the sword faster and less top heavy (&quot;baseball bat-like&quot;). Swords get stuck because they bite into bone or armour, there is no vacuum to overcome. Otherwise the teeth of crocodiles and big cats would also have blood runnels. <br>I&apos;m no historian, I&apos;m just a hema and weapon smith student, but I can see how easy a proper historian, whose focus is on bigger military and political issues, can miss the minutia of blade mechanics so that this urban myth can propagate.

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  @annettereynolds1995 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;ve been to Pompeii. &nbsp;It&apos;s one of the eeriest places I&apos;ve ever been. &nbsp;It was very hot and humid, but I had goosebumps and shivers all the way around it. &nbsp;I can confirm that Vesuvius did loom over it as depicted in the film. &nbsp;It was quite menacing.

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  @aussiedudeofthesoutheast789 · 3 years ago

  Ben Hur is a 7 out of 10 for accuracy but a 10 of 10 for a movie. Absolute legend.

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  @zemosgirl · 4 years ago

  One aspect I really liked in The Eagle was Tatum&apos;s character is briefly shown as a worshipper of Isis. The cult of Isis was at its peak in the Roman Empire in this period; that the filmmakers even threw that detail in rather than letting us assume he&apos;s worshipping Jupiter or some other Roman god is really cool.

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  @greedfatigue2603 · 4 years ago

  The slaves as rowers was something i was sceptical about even as a kid when i saw Ben Hur.<br>Doesn&apos;t take a genius to know that depending on people with no loyalty for your very survival is a mistake.

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  @busterboy7505 · 4 years ago

  This was absolutely brilliant, I could have listened to Dr Simon Elliott all day long, is there anymore videos with Dr Elliott, 👍👍👍👍👍.

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