Trust your day is going well and your week amazing as well. I’m equally enjoying my day as usual because why not.
These days, I seem to have so much time for exploring different movies and I’m having some real fun doing that. Today, I wish to share with you a review of this drama series I discovered days ago and managed to binge it all in just a day. If I loved it, I’m sure you will too. So let’s get right into it!
This series explores a side of the Roman Empire that never we got to the books. We’ve all heard stories about the grand rising of the Roman Empire but actually, we didn’t get the full story.
This show is actually not based on real life occurrences but some characters are said to have existed and real life. We all know ancient Rome for their way of entertaining their people. In ancient Rome, then Emperor Vespasianus who had managed to make his way up the crural seat amidst all the chaos was nearing his death and of his two sons, Titus and Domitian Vespasianus, he had to choose one to take after him when he is no more.
But, his two sons both had their lives. His eldest, Titus was a warrior who lay in bed the Jewish queen and all Roman’s who knew of this were against the relationship. His youngest, Domitian was gay and a huge gambler. He would steal from the empire and use it to be with all the betting houses in the city for every game hoping to make enough to pay back the memory he supposedly borrowed.
On the other hand, we have Tenax, a man who rose from the lowest ranks in Rome making his way up to the top. He owns one of the largest betting Taverns in Rome and with the help of his close friend Scorpus, who was a horse man, he was on his way to accumulate enough money to start his own faction in addition to the four already existing factions of Rome.
Then, we have Cala, an African woman doing business away from Rome in order to take care of her three children, Kwame, Aura and Jula. But their lives change when Aura kills a guard from Rome to protect her junior sister Jula. When the other guards find out what happen, they take Jula and Aura with them to Rome to be sold as slaves. Their mother Cala finds out and also makes her way to Rome in her quest to buy back their freedom. But little did she know that her eldest Kwame would also be in Rome with a business man selling of animals caught from their hunting.
The lives of all these people somehow get intertwined in time with Cala and Aura working for Tenax in his betting center, Kwame becoming baba Gladiator, Aura also working for Tenax but from the home of a faction leader Consul Marsus. Tenax on the other hand is hell bent on rising to the top and that could only happen if he helped Domitian Kill his brother , Titus after their fathers death so he could rise to emperor and make him the Eadile Ludi which was one step away from being emperor.
Would these slaves gain their freedom at the end of the day or would Rome change them into people they don’t let recognize. Would those also seeking power make it to the top and at what cost? You’d have to find out!
I’d rate this show an 8/10 because it was a great show, one of the best I have seen this month. First of all, the graphics were amazing and even though I know most of the things are fake, they looked so real.
The characters were amazing and played their parts very will and plot, excellent. I don’t know what I could really have asked for in this show because everything was just on point. I probably would see it again in the coming days when I’m bored.
If I’m to recommend a show to anyone out there, this would be it!
