Dr. Alex Imrie

Has that kind of ambitious Praetorian identity rubbed off on him? The scheming bureaucrat. Yeah, well indeed, that pencil pusher is there more than meets the eye to the pencil pusher, perhaps. But I think, yeah, I would tend to agree that he may even have had good intentions towards the imperial government. Certainly he wants to make that argument.

Has that kind of ambitious Praetorian identity rubbed off on him? The scheming bureaucrat. Yeah, well indeed, that pencil pusher is there more than meets the eye to the pencil pusher, perhaps. But I think, yeah, I would tend to agree that he may even have had good intentions towards the imperial government. Certainly he wants to make that argument.

Has that kind of ambitious Praetorian identity rubbed off on him? The scheming bureaucrat. Yeah, well indeed, that pencil pusher is there more than meets the eye to the pencil pusher, perhaps. But I think, yeah, I would tend to agree that he may even have had good intentions towards the imperial government. Certainly he wants to make that argument.

but just he entirely underestimates the situation that he faces immediately militarily in the East, politically with the remaining Severans, and in kind of social class structure about just how acceptable somebody with his background will be wearing the purple.

but just he entirely underestimates the situation that he faces immediately militarily in the East, politically with the remaining Severans, and in kind of social class structure about just how acceptable somebody with his background will be wearing the purple.

but just he entirely underestimates the situation that he faces immediately militarily in the East, politically with the remaining Severans, and in kind of social class structure about just how acceptable somebody with his background will be wearing the purple.

I mean, it's incredible. For somebody like me, this is just a pot of gold. I mean, if you'd asked me a decade ago when I first started studying these as a postgraduate student, would I expect any filmmaker, let alone somebody like Ridley Scott, devote time to the Severn family, I would say, well, I hope so, but I don't expect it. So I am absolutely psyched. It's brilliant.

I mean, it's incredible. For somebody like me, this is just a pot of gold. I mean, if you'd asked me a decade ago when I first started studying these as a postgraduate student, would I expect any filmmaker, let alone somebody like Ridley Scott, devote time to the Severn family, I would say, well, I hope so, but I don't expect it. So I am absolutely psyched. It's brilliant.

I mean, it's incredible. For somebody like me, this is just a pot of gold. I mean, if you'd asked me a decade ago when I first started studying these as a postgraduate student, would I expect any filmmaker, let alone somebody like Ridley Scott, devote time to the Severn family, I would say, well, I hope so, but I don't expect it. So I am absolutely psyched. It's brilliant.

I mean, I'm sure on the Twittersphere, there's going to be a bunch of historians really already nitpicking, but I am truly excited.

I mean, I'm sure on the Twittersphere, there's going to be a bunch of historians really already nitpicking, but I am truly excited.

I mean, I'm sure on the Twittersphere, there's going to be a bunch of historians really already nitpicking, but I am truly excited.

That's exactly it. I mean, I think about my own route into classics, and while I would love to say I was kind of immersed in classical literature from a very young age, that simply isn't the case.

That's exactly it. I mean, I think about my own route into classics, and while I would love to say I was kind of immersed in classical literature from a very young age, that simply isn't the case.

That's exactly it. I mean, I think about my own route into classics, and while I would love to say I was kind of immersed in classical literature from a very young age, that simply isn't the case.

I mean, I started getting into the ancient past through watching things like Spartacus, and you have no idea how distraught I was to learn that there was no I'm Spartacus moment with Kirk Douglas, but that was the kind of vehicle that got me into the ancient past. And so, yes,

I mean, I started getting into the ancient past through watching things like Spartacus, and you have no idea how distraught I was to learn that there was no I'm Spartacus moment with Kirk Douglas, but that was the kind of vehicle that got me into the ancient past. And so, yes,

I mean, I started getting into the ancient past through watching things like Spartacus, and you have no idea how distraught I was to learn that there was no I'm Spartacus moment with Kirk Douglas, but that was the kind of vehicle that got me into the ancient past. And so, yes,

Having seen the trailers alone, there will be inaccuracies, there will be points where the directors have made some very interesting choices, but as a piece of mass media, it's worth its weight in gold to ancient historians like us to draw in people, to learn more, because the actual history behind these characters is just as entertaining, if not more so, I'd suggest.

Having seen the trailers alone, there will be inaccuracies, there will be points where the directors have made some very interesting choices, but as a piece of mass media, it's worth its weight in gold to ancient historians like us to draw in people, to learn more, because the actual history behind these characters is just as entertaining, if not more so, I'd suggest.