ROME......HBO Style

HBO is currently running a series about ancient Rome. And, no, I haven't watched much of it.....just enough to convince me that I don't need to.

This series would lead you to believe that ancient Rome was populated with 21st Century Britons, complete with accent. It's almost as bad as Cleopatra with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but at least the acting in Rome is done well.

A period piece loses it's credibility, in my opinion, when it fails to reflect the ignorance and prejudices of the time. Rome, like HBO's previous successful series, Deadwood, reflects only the ignorance and prejudices of our time.

I know it might be impossible to determine the actual mind-set of any ancient civilization, much less depict it in an entertainment venue that would be accepted by contemporary society, but HBO could have at least made the effort.