as stated Cinna was already dead when Sulla took Rome. when Caesar is bought before Sulla, Sulla does not recognise him, when in fact Sulla's first wife had been Caesar's aunt, and they had met many times. the degree to which Pompey was a close agent of Sulla is vastly overstated, Pompey was an arrogant pup, Sulla used him when he had to, and not anymore. Marius was not Caesar's uncle by blood, furthermore he had been raised in the countryside and was a Novus Homo, the first man in a family to reach the Senate. according to the film Marius used to make the same allegations of being descended from gods as Caesar did. in reality Cato was only 13 at the time, 5 years younger than Caesar, he was also Pro-Sulla.
We see in the film Cato, as a middle-aged man, come out of the Senate House and make a comment against Sulla. furthermore Pompey was in his early twenties at this time, and had golden hair, as opposed to the middle aged black haired figure of the movie. Pompey was not with him when he reached Rome, as Sulla had sent him to Sicily to secure the grain supply. starting with Sulla's arrival, the people of Rome seem surprised at his appearance, when in fact they had known he was coming for a long time, he had been fighting a civil war against Carbo's Rome for quite some time. Rome then fell to Cinna, ally of Marius, who ruled for a time until his death, when he was replaced by Carbo, who ruled until Sulla's return to Italy. when Sulla had finally left for good to the east, Marius landed just north of rome, where he gathered an army of slaves to join his veterans, he then marched on rome and his army proceeded to pillage the city, rampantly slaughtering Marius's enemies, soon afterwards Marius died of a stroke, and though he was evil at his end, he would be loved by the people as their greatest hero, until Caesar took his place. After hearing his command had been stripped of him, Sulla turned around and marched on Rome, Lacking an army to contend with, Marius fleed, eventually reaching Africa, where a large number of Veterans who had fought with Marius years earlier were now settled. first a short explanation of the roman political climate just previous to the beginning of the movie (i've simplified it for ease of time): in 87 BC Sulla was sent by the Senate to Asia Minor (turkey) to deal with The King Of Pontus, who had invaded roman macedonia, and roman Asia, however Gaius Marius (non-blood Uncle to Caesar)the Greatest of Romes Generals to that date (though now rather old) connived to have the position transferred to him, after Sulla had already left.
As such i can only point out the holes in the part i did see. i stopped watching, i could no longer take the woeful Historical inaccuracy of the piece. once i reached the point of Pompey's return. This movie hurt to watch, as a result i was not able to stomach watching all of it.
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in the end this movie was in terms of historical accuracy below even the HBO series Rome which was also fairly free in its interpretation of roman history but much more entertaining. if one would be interested in roman history i strongly suggest reading up on the harrowing tale of Caesar and the pirates. one of the early scenes in the movie involving the pirates is so ignorant of history as to make the viewer throw up their hands in disgust and say 'why was the primary text ignored?' the story of Caesar and the pirates is one of the best stories of his life and it was not given any justice. as a result the movie is careless in its regard for history. Sherman and Jefferson Davis from any story about the civil war. to omit these characters is akin to omitting w.t. also missing from the film is Crassus and Cicero. according to Plutarch, Sulla died after having relinquished the office of dictator and retired to the countryside to spend the end of his days in total debauchery. her original husband, Caepio father of Servillia, was killed in the east.
she was the sister of Livius Drusus, the tribune of the plebeians who was assassinated around 108. he-Cato-shared a mother with Servillia, the mother of Brutus. also to clarify another reviewer's comments Cato was Brutus's uncle. as for Cato, he appears to be years older than Caesar in the film yet in reality was three years younger. also seems to be an unknown which was not the case. in 82 BC when the film opens Caesar (born 100 BC) was 18, yet they would have you believe that he had an eight year old daughter. More to entertain than to inform and, sadly it fails to do the former.
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