Right. So. I've just watched the first six episodes of season two. And yeah, that means I got to the episode Philippi. Actually Cicero's death was marginally more moving than Cassius' and Brutus', but still . . . I mean that whole episodeI'll be in a little tragic lump in my room wishing for a copy of Appian to add to my sorrow ( Read more... )

One of the first comments I remember hearing about the series Rome was the professor of my Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome class complaining that the wall paintings were grossly anachronistic. (I recall he also took exception to the pronunciation of the name Pompey ( Read more... )

Aaaaghhh! I am so addicted to this series!!!!! I'm only five episodes in, but still.

Granted, Brutus isn't exactly my Brutus, but he's still cool. And I haven't even showed up yet, but the whole thing is . . . awesome. Oh, and Antony's `I'm a soldier, not a peacekeeper,' was just perfect for me, having just finished my run through all of TOS (a ( Read more... )

Apparently my brain has had its opportunity to reassemble itself. The portions deemed worthy of noting from the second part (or, in terms of the original broadcast, parts 4--6, as I gather) are as follows ( Read more... )

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?

I mean, it's nice to see some decisiveness for a change (given that most of 44 apparently passed in a haze of `Wut'), and I get to upstage Brutus for once (though he has his moment, too, as, of all things, pontifex maximus), but I've gotten Villain Upgrade just a level short of Dante, and have become an evil mastermind, ( Read more... )

If one were to gather it all into one place, I actually have been responsible for a moderate (certainly not prodigious) amount of fanfiction. However, it never has been gathered into one place. My fanfiction.net account omits several (often very short) pieces scattered in odd corners about LJ, as well as most of my newer works; ultimately, I'm ( Read more... )