{"id":1127,"date":"2009-03-18T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2009-03-18T03:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T03:25:00","slug":"will-rome-rise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Will "Rome" Rise Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pridian at Codex Celtica wraps up news on various movies and movie re-makes based on ancient history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The killers of Thomas Becket<\/a> as “The Wild Bunch”? Gag me. But this part is interesting:<\/p>\n

A feature version may be in the works to wrap up the unresolved plot strands of the award-winning HBO\/BBC TV series Rome<\/a>, which dramatised the dirty-politics underside of Rome\u2019s transitional period from republic to virtual monarchy amidst civil war. The TV series ended abruptly story-wise when the 3rd series was cancelled in mid-term. The original kernel of it was a reference in Caesar\u2019s Gallic Wars memoir to two \u2018ordinary\u2019 soldiers who recover the Legion\u2019s captured brass eagle. The original plan was for 5 seasons, the last focussing on how the Roman authorities dealt with the troublesome rise of a certain \u2018messiah\u2019 in Palestine, but cancellation led to this subplot being abandoned and other plotlines combined into highlights. The primary source seems to have been Suetonius\u2019s<\/a> gossipy <\/em>Lives Of The Caesars.<\/p>\n

Count me in for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pridian at Codex Celtica wraps up news on various movies and movie re-makes based on ancient history. The killers of Thomas Becket as “The Wild Bunch”? Gag me. 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