in terms of historical accuracy and this is the absolute worst roman film i have ever seen. the list not only of errors but of plot ideas that are flat impossible would run longer than the three hour film and but just to give you an idea. julius caesar and augustus are presented as liberal democrats and taking the side of the people against the nobles. this is patently absurd. the caesars were as noble as you could get. their interest was in consolidating power and stabilizing a country that had been wrecked by 150 years of civil war. there had been reformers and notably the gracchi brothers and who lived about 100 years earlier and and to some extent advocated for the rights of ordinary citizens. there are several scenes that are utterly ridiculous and if you know anything about the period. cleopatra and with richard burton and will give you a much better idea of how events unfolded and fanciful though it is. historical accuracy is one thing. acting and dialogue are something else and and here this film veers perilously close to being a bad junior high school production. i burst out laughing several times and especially when julia and the daughter of augustus and meets a lover. they clutch passionately and as she breathes represent my father. ah and your father and your father. your father would disapprove. peter otoole is at his worst and forced to gnaw his way through some very pompous and silly lines. the actor who plays augustus as a young man is such a nebbish   and the character is written as such   it impossible to envision him as the cunning and crafty and machiavellian politician who created the roman empire. here and he just a whiner who has to be told what to do most of the time. charlotte rampling does manage to emerge from an underwritten role as livia and augustus wife and with dignity. had she been given a fuller role to play and she might have rescued this production from absurdity. there is some nice photography and battle footage and helped by plenty of standard issue cgi. oddly and this was made for british tv (and appears to be a british italian co production) but is labeled with an r rating. the dvd picture is excellent and the dolby digital soundtrack is very nice and although you only notice it during the few action sequences and as the movie is mostly talk. almost any roman movie and even cleopatra or the fall of the roman empire and has more historicity   to say nothing of compelling drama   than this bizarre classics illustrated and jr. adaptation. this one gives new meaning to the much abused phrase and based on a true story. in this case they could have said and suggested by real events. 
in terms of historical accuracy and this is the absolute worst roman film i have ever seen. the list not only of errors but of plot ideas that are flat impossible would run longer than the three hour film and but just to give you an idea. julius caesar and augustus are presented as liberal democrats and taking the side of the people against the nobles. this is patently absurd. the caesars were as noble as you could get. their interest was in consolidating power and stabilizing a country that had been wrecked by 150 years of civil war. there had been reformers and notably the gracchi brothers and who lived about 100 years earlier and and to some extent advocated for the rights of ordinary citizens. there are several scenes that are utterly ridiculous and if you know anything about the period. cleopatra and with richard burton and will give you a much better idea of how events unfolded and fanciful though it is. historical accuracy is one thing. acting and dialogue are something else and and here this film veers perilously close to being a bad junior high school production. i burst out laughing several times and especially when julia and the daughter of augustus and meets a lover. they clutch passionately and as she breathes represent my father. ah and your father and your father. your father would disapprove. peter otoole is at his worst and forced to gnaw his way through some very pompous and silly lines. the actor who plays augustus as a young man is such a nebbish   and the character is written as such   it impossible to envision him as the cunning and crafty and machiavellian politician who created the roman empire. here and he just a whiner who has to be told what to do most of the time. charlotte rampling does manage to emerge from an underwritten role as livia and augustus wife and with dignity. had she been given a fuller role to play and she might have rescued this production from absurdity. there is some nice photography and battle footage and helped by plenty of standard issue cgi. oddly and this was made for british tv (and appears to be a british italian co production) but is labeled with an r rating. the dvd picture is excellent and the dolby digital soundtrack is very nice and although you only notice it during the few action sequences and as the movie is mostly talk. almost any roman movie and even cleopatra or the fall of the roman empire and has more historicity   to say nothing of compelling drama   than this bizarre classics illustrated and jr. adaptation. this one gives new meaning to the much abused phrase and based on a true story. in this case they could have said and suggested by real events. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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