probably an opium whoreZarjazz said:Well thats one thing they dont teach you about Egyptian history very often...
Cleopatra was a Crack Whore
Clown said:I'm not very good at history, did Caesar really bone Cleopatra?
Clown said:Who is right?
What!!!! Spoilers please*Mofo8 said:....after Caesar's assasination.
Tom said:Does the term Caesarion come from this part of history then?
BTW ep9 is out.
DaGaffer said:Yeah, allegedly that's how Julius Ceasar was born, so the procedure became associated with his name.
What a mess. Various full scenes cut (which didnt fit with their explanation above at all), and other scenes shortened in a very ugly way.BBCs explanation of edits said:We decided to combine the first three episodes shown on HBO in the USA into two because our audiences have different needs and we think this makes a greater impact for our UK audience. There is a much stronger sense and understanding of European history in the UK and a much wider knowledge of not only the concept of ancient Rome but also the all-British cast who are in the leading roles.
inactionman said:Of course I assume everyone knows that he becomes Emperor Octavius...
HBO seem to have been up to some funny business about downloading Rome, so much so that I had to finally start using IPFilters on emule!
Tom said:Reading Wiki, it says that he was reputed to have been born via ceasarion section and hence his name arose because of that - although it also says that this is unlikely, since mothers were usually dead before that procedure, and his mother survived his birth.
Read the wiki entry on Caeser, its fascinating and gives a good background to the series, you'd be surprised how accurate some of the storytelling is.
Anyhow, this series fucking rocks.
Draylor said:So after reading that the BBC were to edit the first 3 episodes into 2 I watched the first ep on BBC2.
What a mess. Various full scenes cut (which didnt fit with their explanation above at all), and other scenes shortened in a very ugly way.
Wonder what anyone that hadnt seen the US version thought of it: I wasnt at all impressed.
Chilly said:latest episode is great, as ever!
incest is best!
Draylor said:Tdc that was episode 1 with around 20minutes (!) cut out, and assorted footage from episode 2 inserted.
For example the final scene, with an army marching, was the final scene from episode 1. It was cut so short in the BBC version since they wouldnt want to show that it was actually Vorenus, Pullo and Octavian heading back into Rome