Not History only stories
When I listened that there was a series about ancient Rome coming from History Channel Documentary I said "It's a must to see", but when at the end I can watch it I said "What they have done?".I believed History Channel was something you can trust when we talk about History matters, but a moment later I began to watch this .... (I don't know how to define it) I couldn't pass from the stories about Hannibal.
Carthaginian people wasn't barbarians, they were equals (if not more advanced) with Roman people if we talk about culture and the more important and powerful empire in the western Mediterranean sea.
I won't talk about Hannibal being black; I think I never read any fact about it, but it's true than I not remember anything against it either.
The facts than made me stop watch this "history documentary" were, among others, the demonization of some Roman generals only to idealize the "The Barbarian" side, not a really historian point of view; another thing is to make appear some characters out of their true role, like Scipio the African who was important years after Hannibal invade Italy because he was too young at this moment, or the missing reference about Fabius Maximus, the real main enemy of Hannibal till he died of old age before Scipio defeated Hannibal.
After this I couldn't watch more, so I cannot follow talk about more chapters.
score 1/10
pguadalix 7 November 2016
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3576475/15077
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