

11/11/2016
Overview
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Status: Ended
Rating: 70%
Original language: EN
First Air Date: 11/11/2016
Last Air Date: 05/04/2019
Official website:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80096545
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 11/11/2016
Last Air Date: 05/04/2019
Number of season: 3
Number of episodes: 15
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6233538
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27856747
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Review by: GenerationofSwine
Written by: GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-10T23:02:12.274Z
I am torn with this one.
I mean... it's Rome. You can't really make a documentary about a lot of it without being pretty disgusting and absolutely sexualized. This is, after all, the culture that gave us the strap-on and earrings shaped as male genitalia.
So I am all about editing it down to make it accessible to people and not get a XXX rating. What is a little more important is teaching people how the Roman's shaped the world, not who the Roman's were.
But, at the same time, there is a lot of nudity and sex in this, so they were trying for a bit of accuracy...
... but the thing is that they completely missed the historical accuracy mark on a lot of other significantly more important historical events and Roman cultural norms.
And that to me is unforgivable, despite my understanding that it needs to be toned down and edited a bit to allow people to access it.