Television historical dramas never are on the ball when it comes to their subject matter. Take the scenes in H.B.O'S "Rome" series where Cleopatra, Octavia and others where actually smoking opium, for example. What the f*ck were these people thinking? How did they get it into their thick heads that people smoked back then? It would have been more believable if opium was chewed or mixed into their wine. Idiots.