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I doubt so; unlike these actresses from a silent movie ("Ravished Armenia", 1919) sixteen girls had been impaled and thus all been killed according to eye-witness Aurora Mardiganian (1901-1994). During Otoman period Turks did not sell slaves into Arab countries.


Je cite toujours le dicton italien : "si non e ver e ben trovato"
 
I doubt so; unlike these actresses from a silent movie ("Ravished Armenia", 1919) sixteen girls had been impaled and thus all been killed according to eye-witness Aurora Mardiganian (1901-1994). During Otoman period Turks did not sell slaves into Arab countries.

A few years ago a GOP congressman used that picture at a committee hearing as evidence of Muslim persecution of Christians. Wish i could find the link, and whether anybody called BS on him.
 
Not likely, with this embarrassment of riches.

Emphasis on 'embarrassment'.

That’s probably the story I saw. But did anybody point out to the honorable gentleman that although the fate of many Armenian women at the hands of the Turks was real and ghastly, these pics WERE FROM A FRIGGIN' MOVIE???
 
Isn't history as it perceived today shaped to a greater extent by Hollywood, not Harvard or Oxford?

Yes, and it’s a hobby of mine to call bullshit on movies set in the ancient world. I’m no classical scholar, but I’ve read enough to spot a bust of Hadrian in the background of a filmed version of Julius Caesar.
 
Yes, and it’s a hobby of mine to call bullshit on movies set in the ancient world. I’m no classical scholar, but I’ve read enough to spot a bust of Hadrian in the background of a filmed version of Julius Caesar.
It's okay still if one can spot a mistake or two, worse if the whole film is a mistake. The Fall of the Roman Empire, Gladiator and the recent Netflix abomination have very little to do with late Antonine Rome, and Lizpatra oh gods Lizpatra... :qmiedo:
 
It's okay still if one can spot a mistake or two, worse if the whole film is a mistake. The Fall of the Roman Empire, Gladiator and the recent Netflix abomination have very little to do with late Antonine Rome, and Lizpatra oh gods Lizpatra... :qmiedo:
Yeah, OK. But you're making your critique on a website that implies that the Romans spent about 99% of their time crucifying people and that 99.9% of those crucified were nubile females. :risas3:
 
It's okay still if one can spot a mistake or two, worse if the whole film is a mistake. The Fall of the Roman Empire, Gladiator and the recent Netflix abomination have very little to do with late Antonine Rome, and Lizpatra oh gods Lizpatra... :qmiedo:

Thats all movies, who I looked and admired as a young person! And now I have she on HDD for looking all few years again.
 
It's okay still if one can spot a mistake or two, worse if the whole film is a mistake. The Fall of the Roman Empire, Gladiator and the recent Netflix abomination have very little to do with late Antonine Rome, and Lizpatra oh gods Lizpatra... :qmiedo:

"Lizpatra" took me a moment.

There’s never been an accurate telling or re-creation of the period from the assassination of Caesar to the triumph of Octavian, which took 14 years.
 
Lizpatra? Ah! yea Liz Taylor Cleopatra!
but I like:
Monpatra, Monica Bellucci Cleopatra
:roflmao:

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A film without equal in its historical accuracy, he lied.

And whenever I see a Roman dude wearing armor when relaxing or pitching woo I giggle.

 
"Lizpatra" took me a moment.

There’s never been an accurate telling or re-creation of the period from the assassination of Caesar to the triumph of Octavian, which took 14 years.
Bad as a storyline. It's not exactly the Machtergreifung, but the most influential historical treatment of the period -- published in 1939 -- doesn't really hide with whom Octavian is compared.

To be honest, HBO's Rome was pretty successful in capturing the figure of 'that sickly and sinister youth', I'll give them that.
 
Bad as a storyline. It's not exactly the Machtergreifung, but the most influential historical treatment of the period -- published in 1939 -- doesn't really hide with whom Octavian is compared.

To be honest, HBO's Rome was pretty successful in capturing the figure of 'that sickly and sinister youth', I'll give them that.

Rome did evoke a convincing street scene vibe.
 

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