Depictions of Classical Period Battles in Film

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01-13-2008, 14:29
antisocialmunky

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You can catch a glimpse of Lorica Segmentata briefly in Season 2, Episode 4. You see it when Pullo is searching the dead for Vorenus after the battle of Munda. When Octavian approaches Pullo, one of his guards is wearing Lorica Segmentata.

The LS is good in moderation. It was used, we just don't know by who exactly or why exactly... Might as well aknowledge it existed.

@ Spartan Glory, no you didn't see his head get smashed like a water melon.
01-13-2008, 15:35
Tancredii

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I have most of these movies on DVD,but "The 300 Spartans" would have to be the worst. The Spartan phalanx was never more than one man deep,and I've never seen any historical evidence of a "flying wedge" phalanx. :thumbsdown: At least "300" depicted said formation somewhat accurately.
Braveheart had decent battles,but I can't gauge their accuracy because my area of expertise ends in AD 476.

I could probably list and describe numerous others,but those are really the standouts (bad standouts in the case of King Arthur and The 300 Spartans) for me. If anyone has any must-see or run-frantically suggestions for me,let me know.

I don't know why people get so annoyed by 300. It's like comparing the driving in Batman begins to a protrayal of modern motorsports. 300 is a comic adaptation - it's not meant to be serious.

Now you've mentioned Braveheart though.............. what a load of old.... anyway being distracted by the Hellenistic heavy debate.........
01-13-2008, 17:45
Geoffrey S

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I don't know why people get so annoyed by 300. It's like comparing the driving in Batman begins to a protrayal of modern motorsports. 300 is a comic adaptation - it's not meant to be serious.

It shouldn't be meant to be taken seriously. But that is exactly what the film tries to be, and it takes one look at an interview with Frank Miller and a glance at his comics to see where that came from.

It wasn't the intention of the makers to make a film that isn't taken seriously, let's put it like that.
01-13-2008, 18:07
vonhaupold

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Here's a question:

I was watching one of the youtube links on this thread on the battle of Pharsallus which depicts two Roman armies going at it and I got to thinking. How were opposing armies like that supposed to tell each other apart? I understand the Roman army was very disciplined and probably held their ranks pretty well but what about when one army broke and ran as depicted in the link? I'm sure that when the triumphant army gave chase it was a real mess trying to distinguish friend from foe. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
01-13-2008, 18:19
Geoffrey S

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Codewords would then often be used.
01-13-2008, 18:23
vonhaupold

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Codewords would then often be used.

That makes sense.
01-13-2008, 21:09
mlc82

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Originally Posted by Intranetusa

What I'm getting at is the history channel's love obsession with the lorica segmenta, from 400 BCE to 400 CE...it doesn't matter to them

It made me laugh cause I thought you were calling the LS "bad company", for some reason it just sounded funny.
01-13-2008, 22:08
Intranetusa

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It made me laugh cause I thought you were calling the LS "bad company", for some reason it just sounded funny.

lol, I really hate the history channel's inaccuracies when dealing with warfare, "barbarians," and non-western cultures
01-14-2008, 00:40
Centurio Nixalsverdrus

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A movie I like is "The 13th Warrior". It's fantasy, of course, but I think it features nice fighting and a very good atmosphere.
01-14-2008, 00:49
Hooahguy

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lol, I really hate the history channel's inaccuracies when dealing with warfare, "barbarians," and non-western cultures

lol- thats why i only watch that channel for the UFO stuff and the unsolved mysteries..... the military channel is a lot cooler, IMO.
01-14-2008, 01:01
Intranetusa

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lol- thats why i only watch that channel for the UFO stuff and the unsolved mysteries..... IMO.

which is even WORSE, lol...

Nostradamus and UFOs...what has the history channel become...

They should just stick to WW2.
01-14-2008, 01:07
Hooahguy

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nah, i like the UFO stories..... interesting stuff
01-14-2008, 05:29
antisocialmunky

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nah, i like the UFO stories..... interesting stuff

Dogfights is fun and Monster Quest actually does some decent stuff (compared to other TV things).
01-14-2008, 05:53
Mouzafphaerre

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I look at Mythbusters if it passes me by when that redhead chick is on.
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01-14-2008, 18:35
Centurion Crastinus

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I look at Mythbusters if it passes me by when that redhead chick is on.
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Dude, I know what you mean. She's a hottie.
01-14-2008, 18:38
Centurion Crastinus

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The history channel was great. They still do interesting things from time to time. Now though it seems that all they show is programs about how the human race is completely screwed due to our own undoing. Or it show programs about hypothetical natural disasters. It seems that they have run out of ideas. The best stuff they show seems to be run during the hours from 8 in the morning to about lunch time.
01-14-2008, 19:33
Hooahguy

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the best shows are on then (8am-12pm) b/c they do a rerun of the morning shows from 12 until 6 or s/t like that
01-14-2008, 22:58
unreal_uk

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I've always envisioned a 'Forgotten Peoples' series in the vein of the Barbarians series, about civilisations and people that are not as commonly known about. I'd love to see a great dramatic documentary about the Scythians or the Galatians.
01-15-2008, 02:41
Sarcasm

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I look at Mythbusters if it passes me by when that redhead chick is on.
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I feel you man. She could have my babies anyday.

http://saturn5.com/darwin/beef/image...la_1_small.jpg

What? I like shoulders...

http://saturn5.com/darwin/beef/image...ry_Byron_2.jpg

http://saturn5.com/darwin/beef/image...adio_belly.jpg
01-15-2008, 02:55
antisocialmunky

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Back on topic... sorta... *AHEM*

I found a video clip of the Roxanna bed room scene from Alexander on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
01-15-2008, 02:59
Sarcasm

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Gotta love Rick Astley.
01-15-2008, 03:03
antisocialmunky

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Gotta love Rick Astley.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/trolling.png

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