>you will never be a legionary in the ancient Roman army
>you will never rise through the ranks to first spear solely by merit of skill and cunning
>you will never go on adventures with Pullo and Verenus
>tfw you get assigned to some irrelevant desert shithole at the edge of the world
>have to deal with insurgents, the fucking sun, and locals screaming about how their god is gonna kick Rome's ass one day you just wait and see you goddamn idolater
>some guy gets sentenced to crucifixion for god knows what who gives a shit honestly
>whatever
>he got beat pretty bad beforehand
>nail him to the cross
>he dies real quick
>call it a day
>tfw 300 years later your descendants are fucking worshipping this guy
>>926655
iktf
![Fra_Angelico_027[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HjqiGyE.jpg "Fra_Angelico_027[1].jpg")
>>926665
more like
>stab the guy with your spear just for fun + its boring as fuck @ the desert,
>become a holy saint hundreds of years later.
>>926655
You will never cut your finger on a gladius during training and die from an infection before hitting 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBCqAU4HB5o
>tfw beta males and females will never understand why this moment is so great
>>927924
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj8yq_urL5c
Shit, hopefully this one works
Vorenus was such a moody bastard
>You will never see the dark hair of your wife flow in the wheat fields and your children play in the olive gardens in the land you received after your retirement.
>Julii
Populus, represent the plebs and masses.
Line of Caesar. Fought the Gallic tribes.
>Brutii
Optimus, represent the aristocrats of old. The founders of Rome. Fought the Epirote Greeks.
>Scipii
Patricians, wealthy nobles and able tacticians. Fought the Carthaginians in North-Africa.
Who do you pick?
>>927953
>Rome: total war
>>927957
>Green: text
>>926969
It was a merciful gesture
Crucified prisoners would beg passers by to hasten their deaths. Death by exposure fucking sucks, I'd much rather get stabbed to death.
T. Emergency Room fag
>>927953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5JTpE7kD6c
Brutii are hardcore. Besides, the gold you get from conquering the old civilizations is more than julii and scipii combined.
>>926655
By "merit of skill and cunning", you mean "family connections", right?
>>926665
>he dies real quick
oh you have no idea how long it takes to die when you're crucified
>>928523
The officer ranks were all connections based, but the centurionate was full on meritocracy+seniority.
>>926655
>you will never be a Roman legate and end up being lanced in half by a random Persian or Parni cataphract
Who /trveroman/ here
https://youtu.be/nIMGmbbx37A
>>928843
>and now a message from our sponsors
>>926655
>"non est mihi" starts playing in the background
>never be a Companion .
>never travel from Pella to India.
>never take an Afghani wife.
>never witness His descent into madness.
>never back settle in Fergana with my QT wife, have kids and raise horses.
>>926655
>You will never push the blacks north and establish a whiter and brighter Rhodesia.
> tfw you have no girlfriend in 16 AD or 2016 AD
>>927938
He was a conservative
>>928531
Jesus was supposed to have died in hours because he was so badly beaten beforehand.
>>927924
fuck that made me feel
>>927953
I always picked Brutii. North Africa had nothing worth of value after Carthage, North Europe wasn't developed enough to actually make use of it.
>>928996
they had it easy back then though you could just buy one or take one.
>>928958
>Fergana
Sounds like paradise desu.
>>929044
>North Africa had nothing worth of value after Carthage
Nice meme. The province of Africa was one of the richest areas of the Roman world and remained the only urbanised area in the west after the fall of the empire up until its conquest.
That HBO show was amazing, such a shame it never caught on and we only got 2 season bc it was too expensive.
Now instead we have "Game of Thrones," where a fat man mixes up a bunch of historical eras and plagiarizes a 19th century novel and adds dragons and suddenly everyone is watching.
That was an amazing show with an actual basis in real history, it deserved more airings.
>>929477
Yep. The Actors did good, too; it was fun to watch.
In comparison, GoT is just a pain.
>>929477
The viewership wasnt a problem, they did similar numbers in the first season, the cost was. GoT costs less than rome did by several million an episode and even their budget is getting cut.
Rome would have had to increase their viewership by 5x to be value for money.
>>929044
Except North Africa was the called the "bread basket" of the Roman world.
>>930291
Why the fuck did Rome cost so much, it was a small set with some guys in chainmail. GoT is huge and with huge sets and scenes
>>930323
Because the set had to be built from ground up. Most of GOT scenes just use medieval castle towns and shit instead, extremely cheaper.
>>930331
Theres reconstructed Roman villas around.
>>930334
They probably thought that some shit ass reconstruction of rural villas in the middle of nowhere was pointless. After all 99% of the scenes are set in the city.
>>927964
those Rome 1 cinematics were cheesy as fuck
then again the music was amazing, the brutii had tbe best theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tKe7BfbGQo
>those 1000BC The Mummy egyptians
HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME
>>930367
>>930323
Because CGI technology is way better now than it was in the 2000's. GoT uses a lot of it, the audience just can't see the difference, which means lower production costs
Here is an example, even blood stains are CGI, practical effects are completely missing. Just search for GoT VFX to see different season effects
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JgFuQZSHO6Q
>>930384
Jesus christ, the only thing that looked like cgi was the zabrak.
>>927953
>tfw using the superior strategic location of the Julii to rape the other Romans
>>930374
I don't get the joke
>>930516
In the tv series, Caesar screams down the egyptian ministers for killing Pompey.
They thought they were doing him a favour, but Caesar was outraged that mere subject of the republic would dare to kill a consul of Rome.
The joke is just a meme around consul and console sounding similar.
>>927924
GOAT cinematography.
>>930384
>even blood stains
jesus, even the blood on the wall was cg. Kinda depressing and disappointing really. You'd think they at least made some fake blood and spray it on the wall
>>929044
>North Africa had nothing worth of value after Carthage
Nigga it had a coast line. Ports dawg
>North Europe wasn't developed enough to actually make use of it
Lower taxes, get in dat worforce of immigrants. Bring in a bunch of peasants and disband tho ass. Ambush other Roman colors from the trees with mercs when you rebel
>>928531
Being beaten beforehand and stabbed on the cross can really speed shit up.
