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I have read "Imperium" and am now half way through "Lustrum".
Imperium was an excellent book, I read it twice, and Lustrum is looking to be even better.
Harris has a long standing interest in Ancient Rome himself and the books are written as closely to historical fact and to what we know of the principals characters actions as possible.
They are about politics, public and private, in late republican Rome. They are narrated by his private secretary 'Tiro', as a very old man in Augustan Rome, long after Ciceros death. Cicero is the main character obviously but Caesar, Crassus, Pompeii, Cato, Cataline and a whole host of other names are also prominent, interacting with Cicero and out of sight.
Excellent books.
I highly recommend them both.
The 3rd and final book, on the collapse and Civil war, should be awesome too.
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Youtube video of interview with Kevin McKidd on Rome in which he mentions the FILM:
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According to this story, the script is in full development, with an eye to a 2010 release date. My hopes are for a prequel to the first series. Otherwise, they can't bring back Vorenus and Cato, my two favorite characters.
You are right, a friend told me two weeks ago that Ray Stevenson had confirmed that they were doing the Rome Film. He showed me a similar website.
It now has the beginning of an IMDB entry as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337124/?c=1
No other news yet though.
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I have once proposed that an URNV chat should be created but it was decided that there was no need for one. I would still like try it out though.
It's open 24/7, whether an admin is present or not. So drop in. Or arrange to meet a few from here.
As well as the instant chat:
Videos can be posted into it for later watching.
Specific discussions can take place via a board.
'Floating' chatbox option.
Cheers
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Good find!
Cheers
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Just to let you all know, if you need somewhere to meet up for instant chat purposes...
Come along to:
http://chatroll.com/roman-empire
Come along any-time, for serious discussions or flippant utterances, no admin need be there for it to be open.
Open 24/7.
Cheers.
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You can browse and order single issues here if don't want a full subscription:
http://www.ancient-warfare.com/cms/shop/an...escOrderBy=DESC
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Has anyone read this magazine? I live in the U.S. and was thinking about getting a subscription. Are the stories in-depth, brining new information, or does it hit on the already known?
It's worth getting for sure, not as in depth as you may hope for, but you may read a few things that surprise you or cause you to question a previous assumption. Nicely written and presented and also comes with quality illustrations.
I buy it on an issue to issue basis, depending on the content, rather than subscribe outright.
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Click here...IMDB link for Centurion film
The summary says: "Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon"
And you can see a clip of it here: click here, link for film clip
It is directed by the fellow who made the enjoyable horror flick, Dog Soldiers.
I really, really hope it does not suck.
It will be out this year.
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HERE YE HERE YE
Here be NEWS on the possible film and from Heller (the creator) himself this time:
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/12/04/ro...-silver-screen/
He also confirms why the 2nd series lacked so much compared to the first.
"I discovered halfway through writing the second season the show was going to end," Heller said. "The second was going to end with death of Brutus. Third and fourth season would be set in Egypt. Fifth was going to be the rise of the messiah in Palestine. But because we got the heads-up that the second season would be it, I telescoped the third and fourth season into the second one, which accounts for the blazing speed we go through history near the end. There's certainly more than enough history to go around." -
Well, I'll watch it, but I am afraid I won't like. A couple hours of suspending reality won't kill me though
However, I will keep my fingers crossed that Bruno Heller writes the screenplay.
That's what I am hoping for, Bruno Heller having creative control.
If you look at the episode lists on wikipedia, he wrote eight of the first series yet only 2 episodes of the second season and boy did it show.
The second season was a mess, the first two episodes got off to a good start but with so many writers trying to stamp their mark on the show it was bound to go pear shaped. To many sub-plots that went nowhere, pointless one dimentional fictional characters, too much shock and shlock tele-soap nonsense. The whole jewish sub-polt was pointless and silly, the pap with Agrippa and Octavia and little silly things that irritated like Pullo keeping the fellow in the cage, Octavian becoming a odd vacant weirdo, Atia not dieing, and of course the entire waste of time Vorenus' family fued.. blahhhh If I wanted to watch domestic disputes I would watch bloody eastenders.
After the second episode, I would have loved to have seen Vorenus stay on as a feared senator in Rome whilst Pullo became slowly involved with the gangs. The two of them friends still, finding themselves being drawn to the two opposing sides of the gulf between Antony and Octavian.
They could have worked all manner of historical truths in and around it, it would have been marvelous.
Alas, no. It was almost as if HBO wanted to sap the life from the show.
I digress...
If Heller makes it, I'm all for it...
if it's anyone else however...
Maybe, just maybe, it will be set in a different time frame, allowing for a fresh start with one man in the driving (writing) seat.
EDIT: Found some more info: LINK:CLICK HERE
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As a great fan of the first series and as a:
Liker
loather engrossed indifferent , viewer of the second, This comes as interesting news.... Ray Stevenson has spoken in an interview of discussions under way for a ROME feature film.
Click the link below:
dated 28th of Feb 2008, so it has been recently considered...
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Or maybe HBO wants to have a soft core *or* show without advertising it as such. Good for ratings
Regardless, sex per se doesn't offend me. But if that is all the show can offer anymore, then let it descend into the shadow of Hades.
Sing it brother! The first season was far superior. I mourn the death of a great show.. But I'll keep watching till it ends. Incidentally, the last episode will be great, it is by Bruno Heller (the original writer and inventer of the show) who wrote 6 episodes in season one, and only the first one and last ones of this season (and boy does it show).
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tHE shark has truly been jumped...
How I miss the atmosphere of series one.
And yet I still love this show (most of the time).
I too feel this jewish subplot is meaningless in the timeframe, the screentime thus wasted could have been put to MUCH better use.
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Kieronus, looks like that scrambler tool is acting up. I'm afraid you're going to have to scramble your letters for me by hand. Count your letters when you're done, to make sure you haven't missed out any.
-- Nephele
have my real name, i don't mind the secret police.
Kieron O'Grady
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do mine!
1st.  nkeori
2nd. 'ry\daog
lords.
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It's a great game and I like it, but I did not liked Tomb Rider, it's a matter of taste afterall.
Anybody knows a modification that would allow to play more factions in the same time?
Heres some links to my favourites:
EUROPA BARBARORUM:
http://www.europabarbarorum.com/ Outstanding realism mod, and they just released an update too.
LORD OF THE RINGS TOTAL WAR:
http://www.lotrtw.com/ Excellent. Based on the film trilogy, is only a 1.2 custom battle version at the minute but full 1.5/6 campaign version out soon! It WILL be quite incredible.
IBERIA TW:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=62 Great mod based around the Punic wars and the wars for the Iberian peninsula. New version is out really soon, so I'd advise waiting for this rather than dling the old one, it has some balancing issues that will be fixed with the new one.
And their are loads more.
go to this site for all your needs totalwar wise:
It also hosts loads of full mods.
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FOR ALL WHO WANT A ROME:TW MODIFICATION BUT CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE INSTALLATION!
(and some links to some great full mods, skip to bottom of post to see)
I bought rometw when it was released and played it, and as many mods as i could get my paws on, and did a little modding on it myself.
I'm not a game player usually, but this game is excellent and purely because of the EXCELLENT MODS there are.
I'm talking about FULL CONVERSIONS here too not some little tweaks..
Anyways..
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THE INSTRUCTIONS!
ONE.. COPY YOUR MAIN ROMETW FOLDER
MAKE SURE that you copy your clean (unmodded) rometw main folder and use this copy to install your mod on. Do this EVERY time you are installing a mod. Of course, you'll need sufficient hard drive space.
TWO.. CHECK YOUR GAME VERSION
Their are several official patches for rome out, the last of which is obviously the best balanced and the one you usually will need.
If you bought the game quite recently or have the rometw Gold edition then worry not, your game will already be patched up to the newest version.
*If you bought your game a while back though, install the game and run it. The version it is patched to will be on the loading screen in the corner.*
GO TO www.totalwar.com for your patches if you need one.
The newest version is 1.5 for RomeTW by itself or 1.6 for the Barb.Invasion expansion (these two patches are exactly the same for installing mod purposes, a mod that says it is for Rometw WILL work with a installation of Barb.Invasion providing you use the Rometw disc).
Some mods, however, use older patches (like 1.2) so check to see what patch is required before you try to install. You CANNOT patch back to 1.2.
So dont even bother trying to play an older mod that requires this if you have the newer release. 1.5/6 is much better anyway.
THREE.. INSTALL MOD TO THE CORRECT PLACE
NOT in your original folder but into the aforementioned (see part one) copy. You cannot simply install over your clean game, as their will be hell to pay if you try to uninstall to start again or to try another mod... and ALWAYS read the readme if there is one.
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Now thats out of the way, chose some mods!
Heres some links to my favourites:
EUROPA BARBARORUM:
http://www.europabarbarorum.com/ Outstanding realism mod, and they just released an update too.
LORD OF THE RINGS TOTAL WAR:
http://www.lotrtw.com/ Excellent. Based on the film trilogy, is only a 1.2 custom battle version at the minute but full 1.5/6 campaign version out soon! It WILL be quite incredible.
IBERIA TW:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=62 Great mod based around the Punic wars and the wars for the Iberian peninsula. New version is out really soon, so I'd advise waiting for this rather than dling the old one, it has some balancing issues that will be fixed with the new one.
And their are loads more.
go to this site for all your needs totalwar wise:
It also hosts loads of full mods.
Any problems just pm me.
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Don't you mean Liberators?
ha! 
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Much better episode! I was actually starting to lose interest in my favourite show after the weak 3rd episode and the not much better 4th.
Simon woods is growing into his Octavian quite well, and we look set for a excellent Battle of Phililpi.
The eejit who wrote episode 3 (scott buck) has also written episode 7 by the way... Depending on how it turns out, I may yet call off my assassins...
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oh gods......
maybe its for the best that this is the last season.
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EXACTLY!...
Its the goddamn writers i blame for the sudden spiral of quality for the last two episodes. Bring back HELLER!
Heres a list i found:
Episode ................ ...... Director ............... ..... Writer
17 Heroes of the Republic..Alik Sakharov ....Mere Smith
18 Phillippi......... ....... .... Roger Young ... Eoghan Mahony
19 Death Mask ....... .. ...TBA ........... ... Scott Buck
20 A Necessary Fiction ..... TBA ... ...... Todd Ellis Kessler
21 Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus...TBA ...... Mere Smith
22 De Patre Vostro .... .. TBA .... ..... ...... ... Bruno Heller
So its this Scott Buck fellow whos wrote the weakest episode yet imo (episode 15) and hes got another to go..
Bruno Heller is set for the Last episode.
He wrote one and two of this season as well and it showed in their quality.Its becoming quite farcial, I just want the whole atia/servilia thing to stop. Its plain daft and is robbing far too much screen time. YET. I havent given up hope, I love the show in general but at the minute im starting to look back to series one as the good old days.
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Hello.... all.
This is my first post, despite that I have been lurking on this site on for years...
The New series is airing in the US at this very moment no doubt. Anyone know the release date for us here in the UK?If the difference in the airing times between hbo and bbc for the first series are anything to go it'll be at least
3 months...
These are the airing dates of the first episode of the first series..
August 28, 2005 (HBO)
November 2, 2005
The Battle Against Rome - The Battle Of Varus
in Colosseum
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I found it for sale on a Dutch language website (using google translate), but crucially the DVD is listed as also being in English:
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/dvd/battle-against-rome/1002004007767326/index.html&ei=k8rvTqTsA4vG8QPzloX9CQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.bol.com/nl/p/dvd/battle-against-rome/1002004007767326/index.html%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dm9S%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns
A nice Christmas present it would make.