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What Roman Emperor would make a good show/movie?
Posted on 11/18/16 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 11/18/16 at 2:24 pm
Nero
Elalagabus
Caligula again
marcus Aurelius
Tiberius
Basically the most powerful/depraved dude ever
Elalagabus
Caligula again
marcus Aurelius
Tiberius
Basically the most powerful/depraved dude ever
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Posted on 11/18/16 at 2:28 pm to Boo Krewe
Pretty much any emperor from AD 284-395
Posted on 11/18/16 at 2:58 pm to Boo Krewe
Depends on what kind of show we're talking about here. All will be generally depraved, as most of the emperors were inbreds with mental issues.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 2:58 pm to Boo Krewe
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Nero
Elalagabus
Caligula again
marcus Aurelius
Tiberius
Basically the most powerful/depraved dude ever
What's that other dudes name? The one with the salad dressing?
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:00 pm to Boo Krewe
Kind of off topic but still related. I don't think that I remember any movie or show being done about early Roman history. Something about the kingdom of Rome or maybe even Aeneas. Has there ever been an attempt on either of those? I don't remember.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:01 pm to Peazey
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Something about the kingdom of Rome or maybe even Aeneas
Does Disney's animated Hercules count?
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:02 pm to Peazey
no there hasnt.
not as glorious
not as glorious
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:09 pm to Peazey
Cmon man, Virgil would really like us to forget the Aeneid.
Also to the OP, Aurelius depraved?
With Octavious we got lots of good stuff. Caligula and Commodus been done.
Something with Hadrian or Trajan could be cool.
Also to the OP, Aurelius depraved?
With Octavious we got lots of good stuff. Caligula and Commodus been done.
Something with Hadrian or Trajan could be cool.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:26 pm to ZappBrannigan
There needs to be more focus on the later Eastern Roman Empire and their thousand year history. Emperor Justianian and Alexis Commenus had some very interesting reigns.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:27 pm to Boo Krewe
Would be better to do an alternate history where Emperor So and So who Actually Existed gets assassinated/Thrown out and Emperor Main Character takes control. Or he starts out in the senate or something. People will get butthurt about the show inevitably deviating from actual history, so just make your own story and it'll probably be much more interesting.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:32 pm to ScarletFire
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Would be better to do an alternate history where Emperor So and So who Actually Existed gets assassinated/Thrown out and Emperor Main Character takes control. Or he starts out in the senate or something. People will get butthurt about the show inevitably deviating from actual history, so just make your own story and it'll probably be much more interesting.
Like a boardwalk empire type show? Fiction character among real historical figures would be pretty cool.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:35 pm to JohnnyBgood
I dunno Id rather them just jump ahead to the seige of Rhodes and Crete, Malta, then the battle of Lepanto. Really make people question what the hell when the two biggest Catholic kingdoms frick over the papacy or ally with the Muslims.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:38 pm to Trauma14
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Fiction character among real historical figures would be pretty cool.
Exactly, and it adds more creative freedom while also making it clear that this is its own story
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:41 pm to ScarletFire
or how about if Rome never fell. They invent gunpowder and conquer the world
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:46 pm to Boo Krewe
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or how about if Rome never fell. They invent gunpowder and conquer the world
Someone wrote a book about that off a Reddit Writing Prompt and now its being made into a movie. I think its set in 1999.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 4:57 pm to Boo Krewe
All of them.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 5:08 pm to ZappBrannigan
Virgil wants us to forget his most famous work and one of the most important works of literature in western history?
Posted on 11/18/16 at 5:17 pm to Boo Krewe
Sulla.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 6:43 pm to Boo Krewe
Constantine.
Posted on 11/18/16 at 7:38 pm to Kcrad
Diocletian single handedly allowed the empire to last another 2 centuries
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