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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3139567, member: 19463&quot;]Hollywood only knows a couple Romans and they have trouble keeping their vices straight.&nbsp; There are a hundred other stories you could wreck with poor treatment but that is why I prefer Game of Thrones where you aren&#039;t bothered by little details like truth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will repeat my often expressed believe that the Roman history mini-series worth making would be the life of Julia Maesa.&nbsp; The first season would watch as her sister rose to power.&nbsp;&nbsp; The second would cover her view of Caracalla.&nbsp; Third would be about Elagabalus but that one would get the show cancelled as making him look too perverted for cable.&nbsp; Finally we could see her change grandsons and set Rome up for a time of peace and happiness.&nbsp; OK, it would be a short time but you can&#039;t blame Maesa for Maximinus.&nbsp; If I were producing it, the last scene would show a very tall man standing in the wings of the room when Maesa died.&nbsp; No one would understand who he was or why he was there and there is no truth in the scene but, after all, when did truth enter the list of requirements for TV?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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