Olive said:
That's, um, kinda extreme. And really, that kind of detail isn't going to bother most people who see it. Including me, and I'm doing an MA in History...
It may not bother most viewers - my example was intended to mean something to Americans, the primary readers here. I hate both the reversal of history and the political intent I see in making the Romans the villains in this case. If you want Romans to be the villains, set it in the time of Boadicea, 50 AD or somesuch, not in 500 AD.
Edit: Arthur, if he existed, was a Romano-Briton, a century or so after the Legions had left Britain. The British sent many appeals for their return, but the Empire was collapsing under the weight of barbarian invasions (of which the Saxons were one) and the appeals were in vain. It sounds like Bruckheimer is going to remake The Patriot with Arthur as barbarian freedom-fighter vs dastardly Romano-Nazis.
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