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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7942004, member: 115909&quot;]Well it’s true everyone likes different things.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s also true Hollywood takes liberties with history but some of it just doesn’t make sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>It makes sense in Gladiator to take liberties and have Commodus kill Marcus Aurelius because the directors want the audience to hate Commodus from the start.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the age thing doesn’t change anything in terms of the story.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe if they made him 58 it wouldn’t be realistic for Commodus to be able to smother him with a pillow?</p><p><br /></p><p>300: Rise of an Empire about Athens was much better than the original 300 about Sparta. It’s definitely not anywhere close to accurate or realistic but I like that it shows the different cultures and how they viewed themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like how the Spartans are all tough and well trained and have a love of battle. That part is true. Every male Spartan child was required to undergo the rigorous Agoge training (except male members of the ruling family who sometimes chose to go through it anyway for added respect).</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas in 300: Rise of an Empire it portrays the Athenians differently. They don’t love battle, most of them want to return to their farms and normal life, but they fight for freedom and democracy because both are threatened by the Persians. That is something Athenians did really cherish.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Netflix series Roman Empire..I think it’s important to remember it was more of a documentary. There were real historians interrupting the story and giving facts and explanations and stuff like that. I think it should be judged differently than the others for that reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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