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I was hoping for a Julius Ceasar spin off we never got it.
"Vikings" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spartacus"
I wanted to check out this show, but knowing the lead actor passed away after the first season beforehand takes away from the suspense. Also Sam Raimi in the cut tells me this has Xena the Warrior Princess vibes


HBOs Rome starts a few years after Spartacus and there are some of the same characters. Caesar, Pompeii, etc.
The the classic BBC's I, Claudius picks up after that with Augustus.
Rome is a top quality show, the best of its kind I've ever seen (historical drama/politics/war)
I haven't seen Spartacus yet. Why is Caesar in it? He must be a minor character because he wasn't an important person for about a decade after Spartacus. If the show is historically authentic then Crassus should be the bad guy, and Pompey should be the bad guy's bad guy - as in, the main antagonist to Crassus besides Spartacus himself. Am I right about that?
You're probably right but not by that much."Vikings" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spartacus"
Rome is a top quality show, the best of its kind I've ever seen (historical drama/politics/war)
I haven't seen Spartacus yet. Why is Caesar in it? He must be a minor character because he wasn't an important person for about a decade after Spartacus. If the show is historically authentic then Crassus should be the bad guy, and Pompey should be the bad guy's bad guy - as in, the main antagonist to Crassus besides Spartacus himself. Am I right about that?
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Rome is a top quality show, the best of its kind I've ever seen (historical drama/politics/war)
I haven't seen Spartacus yet. Why is Caesar in it? He must be a minor character because he wasn't an important person for about a decade after Spartacus. If the show is historically authentic then Crassus should be the bad guy, and Pompey should be the bad guy's bad guy - as in, the main antagonist to Crassus besides Spartacus himself. Am I right about that?
doesn't appear until the final season where he's a young subordinate of Crassus and a major antagonist. You get the idea Pompey is an a$$hole to Crassus but he's off screen until the very last moments of the show. Spartacus is more fantasy than historically accurate. For example, a few historical figures get killed when they really survived on record, the fighting is on some over the top WWE/Mortal Kombat shyt
and the writers play a lot with the timeline of some events. Despite that the writers show a lot of accuracy in how the rebellion plays out and in subtle things.I wanted to check out this show, but knowing the lead actor passed away after the first season beforehand takes away from the suspense. Also Sam Raimi in the cut tells me this has Xena the Warrior Princess vibes
