Rome

I finished watching the second season of the HBO series Rome last night. I enjoyed it. Not as much as I enjoyed the first season but I still enjoyed it.

I have two problems with it overall. The first is that I found none of the characters sympathetic in the second season. Well, I take that back. I had some for Titus Pullo at certain times. It seemed odd that he was the voice of reason at certain points.

The second problem is that I spotted the historical inaccuracies much easier this time around. I don't know if it is because I wasn't as engaged or the mistakes were more glaring. For example, the historical Atia died shortly after Octavian returned to Rome with his army (and was never Mark Antony's lover). And that's another thing: Octavians name. He was born Gaius Octavius. When Caesar died and adopted him, his name became Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. He was never called Octavian Caesar.

On a positive note - Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo were real people. They were two centurions mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries on the Gallic war.

Anyway, I could ramble like this for a while but I shall stop now.