Season 1 – Barbarians Rising

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Bubble L 12/14/2024 Cleopatra was Greek descent. Hannibal was Phoenician descent. See more A Z @KPYRggeMqz 07/07/2024 Was interesting to see some of the stories and events from the Roman Empire's borders brought to life. There was an overly forced theme of valorizing the rebel barbarians in the face of Roman power. It was especially weird when they brought in people like Jesse Jackson to provide vague commentary about oppressed versus oppressor as a timeless trope. See more 06/15/2018 Absolutely inaccurate. The show has few if any historians commenting, instead choosing lawyers and retired military commentary. They are completely misleading in even the first episode. It mentions Scipio fighting Hannibal at the battle of Cannae... Scipio was not at the battle. He was still in Spain. They make him look horrible when in reality Scipio conquered Hannibal in Africa (which is never even mentioned). Anyone looking for actual history should avoid this show. See more Grant S @grantss 08/25/2016 A documentary series on the rebel leaders who stood up to the Roman Empire, with varying degrees of success. Through narration, expert opinion and dramatized scenes we see the histories of Hannibal, Viriathus, Spartacus, Boudica, Arminius, Fritigern, Alaric, Geiseric and Attila the Hun and their struggles for independence from Rome. An interesting period of history, with colourful subjects, well told. Well dramatized too - not just basic battle scenes as many military history series seem to consist of, but decent dialogue and human drama, in addition to some great action scenes. Many well known actors and actresses too. On the downside, the dramatization sometimes takes precedence over historical accuracy. Also, the experts that are wheeled out feel very staged, speech-filled, preachy and superfluous. For example, why on earth do you need Jesse Jackson for a series about the Roman Empire? The experts are largely just padding. See more 08/02/2016 Puts the history of the barbarians under ancient Rome to life in drama. Super cool! ;) See more 06/29/2016 Very glad to see actual history from the history channel and not another reality show. I very much like the dramatization approach to it as well. See more Read all reviews

Barbarians Rising — Season 1

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