Idk if this is a boring-normy take but, if you're going to change historical details because there is a major screenplay reason (stakes, themes, character arc etc.) thats ...at least understandable - but the errors in this and more recently on Those About to Die are so unforced, they don't serve a purpose, and since feature films have crews several thousands deep, ...idk the salary of one historian in the writers room is such a tiny concession, 'Historians are baffled ...why Ridley Scott doesn't listen to them'
The city the romans attack is zucchabar in algiera, where Lucius lives with his wife and his child! The black girl in the trailer is his wife! His wife and child where killed in this attack, and he gets a slave. At the time of Julius Caesar the rich romans has a preference for expensive aquatic pools with salt water and lot of big maritim fishes like moray eels. I think some will also have some sharks. It's not so unbelievable. The third thing is, I think Joseph Quinn plays Caracalla and Fred Hechinger Geta. First because their age and their look, second because you see Joseph Quinn in much more epic scenes in the trailer and on pictures and third, if you look for Joseph Quinn/Caracalla you will find this combination too for the movie. It makes a lot more sense for the story! Thanks for your analysis of the trailer! P.S. Geta was in the hometown of Septimius Severus a name for a slave from the northern chad. Septimius father was the first with this attachment to his name! Leptis Magna his hometown was the habour for subsahrian animals like rhinos for the Coloseum in Rom and they getting there rhinos from the garamantes from the northern chad. Macrinus was called from Cassius Dio, the first romanized mauri (tribe) emperor of the roman empire!
@yasukegoromasamune4911 thank you for the time taken to write this. If you can send me the Shark sources I'd appreciate that as I've never found information to back that up. As I mentioned I understand it's fictional, but wanted to include the history and archaeology.
@@AlexIlesUKPliny the Elder mentions that the moray eel (muranea) was bred by Roman nobles: Lucius Marcius Philippus, Quintus Hortensius, Gaius Hirrius or Lucius Licinius Lucullus and his brother Mark. The first of them to grow moray eels separately was Gaius Hirrius. Lucullus, in turn, became famous for its beautiful gardens - following the pattern of eastern patterns. Interestingly, he ordered, inter alia, dig a canal through the mountains near Naples to provide sea access to its pools and mix fresh and saltwater. This way, he could keep sea fish in his gardens. Through his actions, he came to be referred to as “Xerxes in a toga”, referring to the famous Persian commander who had the canal dig through the Athos headland so that his fleet could pass. Coming back to moray eels - they were so valued that reportedly Matcus Crassus or Hortensius, having learned that their favourite moraines had died out, they experienced it very much and even cried. Finally, it is worth mentioning a certain Vedius Pollio, the son of a freedman who was famous for his bad handling of slaves. Apparently, Vedius Pollio threw rebellious slaves into a pool of moray eels as a punishment for their misdeeds (including breaking a cup).
The only thing I'd say is Eals are different to sharks and to get sharks all the way to Rome seems a different challenge. I just struggle to suspended my disbelief!
GREAT video love your vids man keep it up
Thank you very much!
Idk if this is a boring-normy take
but, if you're going to change historical details because there is a major screenplay reason (stakes, themes, character arc etc.) thats ...at least understandable - but the errors in this and more recently on Those About to Die are so unforced, they don't serve a purpose, and since feature films have crews several thousands deep,
...idk the salary of one historian in the writers room is such a tiny concession,
'Historians are baffled ...why Ridley Scott doesn't listen to them'
It all depends on the creative vision of the director and what they are wanting to do. In this case it's all about his story!
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What part? I'm happy to clarify things.
The city the romans attack is zucchabar in algiera, where Lucius lives with his wife and his child! The black girl in the trailer is his wife! His wife and child where killed in this attack, and he gets a slave.
At the time of Julius Caesar the rich romans has a preference for expensive aquatic pools with salt water and lot of big maritim fishes like moray eels. I think some will also have some sharks. It's not so unbelievable.
The third thing is, I think Joseph Quinn plays Caracalla and Fred Hechinger Geta. First because their age and their look, second because you see Joseph Quinn in much more epic scenes in the trailer and on pictures and third, if you look for Joseph Quinn/Caracalla you will find this combination too for the movie.
It makes a lot more sense for the story!
Thanks for your analysis of the trailer!
P.S. Geta was in the hometown of Septimius Severus a name for a slave from the northern chad. Septimius father was the first with this attachment to his name! Leptis Magna his hometown was the habour for subsahrian animals like rhinos for the Coloseum in Rom and they getting there rhinos from the garamantes from the northern chad. Macrinus was called from Cassius Dio, the first romanized mauri (tribe) emperor of the roman empire!
@yasukegoromasamune4911 thank you for the time taken to write this. If you can send me the Shark sources I'd appreciate that as I've never found information to back that up. As I mentioned I understand it's fictional, but wanted to include the history and archaeology.
@@AlexIlesUKPliny the Elder mentions that the moray eel (muranea) was bred by Roman nobles: Lucius Marcius Philippus, Quintus Hortensius, Gaius Hirrius or Lucius Licinius Lucullus and his brother Mark. The first of them to grow moray eels separately was Gaius Hirrius. Lucullus, in turn, became famous for its beautiful gardens - following the pattern of eastern patterns. Interestingly, he ordered, inter alia, dig a canal through the mountains near Naples to provide sea access to its pools and mix fresh and saltwater. This way, he could keep sea fish in his gardens. Through his actions, he came to be referred to as “Xerxes in a toga”, referring to the famous Persian commander who had the canal dig through the Athos headland so that his fleet could pass.
Coming back to moray eels - they were so valued that reportedly Matcus Crassus or Hortensius, having learned that their favourite moraines had died out, they experienced it very much and even cried.
Finally, it is worth mentioning a certain Vedius Pollio, the son of a freedman who was famous for his bad handling of slaves. Apparently, Vedius Pollio threw rebellious slaves into a pool of moray eels as a punishment for their misdeeds (including breaking a cup).
The only thing I'd say is Eals are different to sharks and to get sharks all the way to Rome seems a different challenge. I just struggle to suspended my disbelief!