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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 2531139" data-attributes="member: 10479">It's meant to grab your attention but it's also meant to establish a very base, emotional connection between the audience and events that happened two millennia ago.  Much in the same way that the violence of the battle sequence does at the beginning of Gladiator but at a much lower cost (and with a different rating since society has deemed extreme violence more acceptable to display in entertainment than sex, for whatever reasons).  That base connection is meant to tear down the wall someone builds when they go to see a story that takes place in "history".  I believe the "graffiti is speaking to us across time" opening credits sequence is also meant to take us back rather than just leave us as mere observers.On another level, it is meant to inform us about her character.  How she conducts herself through the sex act, and just afterward, is more important than any words she could speak.  It tells us much more than if the writers would have given her narrative lines to emote during, say, a trip to the market or a conversation with a confidante in her villa.Further, it sets a tone that the 12 hour series is going to challenge our sensibilities and put us in the middle of very intimate situations.  It says to the audience, "If *this* is too much for you, get out now.  We've only just started."</blockquote>