Rome(2)---Best Conversation Ever

The Beginning of The End for Julius Caesar

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Rome
• HBO
• Series
• Julius
• Caesar
• Marcus
• Junius
• Brutus

[Renton6echo]

I really think, at least in the show that what mostly drove Brutus to go along with the assassination was that ultimately he realized that Caesar did not love and trust him as a son as much as Brutus loved and trusted him as a father. Sure Caesar says he does, but that acknowledgement comes at a price and this scene really captures that.

[gottmovie]

The person who plays Brutus is just brilliant. What an great acting. :-)

[Gommerell]

@5thcenturyad Good Point

When Rome was running I used to work Nights with a guy who was a Student of Ancient history , We would talk about each episode for Hours !;-) Erates Fulem bits were Good as was his Downfall , and who can forget the Son of HAdes ? text book example of bringing a bunch of crooks to heel ;-)

[5thcenturyad]

@Gommerell True, but I would have prefered to see less of her. Maybe because I generally prefered the scenes with lower-class characters; criminals, collegia, soldiers and their families ect.. Or maybe I just didnt like her character... I'm not saying they should have cut her out entirely just cut her scenes down a bit.

[Gommerell]

@5thcenturyad I never heard that point before and appreciate it , I will now think about it ,

I thought some of the scenes where she was central were very good , Like when she killed her daughters husband , to marry her off to Pompey , her Manipulation of Mark Antony , the fact she was almost Reptilan in her cold calcualtions , and perhaps goes a way to explaining the cold calculating insight of Octavian . Her Wars with Sevillia , were gripping , with each getting the upper hand in turn,

[5thcenturyad]

@Gommerell An excellent series but there is one weak point: too much of that damn woman Atia and her domestic life. They should have spent more time showing lower class Romans like the soldiers and collegia gangsters. Of course Generals and politicians were central to the story but not that damn woman.

[Gommerell]

I have given up being amazed by this series , it was the best thing ever . Now I concentrate on its weak points , weak acting etc Still trying to think of something ...........

[Mythbuff]

@1Zenspace It's a living, seriously though, your no better, the difference is your more self-righteously hypocritical about it. As for the real argument, in all serousness, Caesar and Augustus were both men who played the field and they in al honesty both had only one daughter each, with what were probably super-fertile ladies. Now we must look at this series, sure they look alike and are probly related in here, but in actual history, they weren't due to Caesar being less than fertile.

[1Zenspace]

@Mythbuff I have always wondered about this, why do you and people like you act like such assholes on Youtube comments? I mean when you speak to people face-to-face you don't start your sentences by saying "Nice keep up the delusions..." its only in situations like this that you act like and asshole. Why? Why do you choose to do that?

[Mythbuff]

@1Zenspace nice, keep up the delusions, Caesar was far too sterile to have all that many children...

[1Zenspace]

Brutus's REAL father was Ceasar. But his supposed ancestor (through the man who was not his real fther) was Brutus the elder, one of the founders of the Roman Republic, a man who overthrew a tyrant.

Brutus was forced to choose between his love of his father vs his love of Democracy.