It's revisionist history and a major disappointment becoming a propaganda theme for 'fighting for freedom'. While I greatly sympathise with black history- Hannibal as a black man is wrong. Why not look towards the Numidian cavalry which were some of the best cavalrymen in the world at that time - used by Hannibal and later by the Romans?
Given the US. (and many other democracies) use a version of the Roman political system it is a bit bizarre to berate the terrible Romans who like to use the eagle symbol - I think the US does too? What about the infusion of Roman legal, medical terms and it being the conduit for Christianity to flourish. The Roman Empire flourished for a thousand years after Rome itself fell in the West and held the knowledge that helped the Renaissance - ironically western mercenaries ably assisted the Turks in the destruction of its last vestiges.
It should also be noted the many successfully completed guerrilla wars - Vietnam and Afghanistan as recent examples. In respect of Spain (first episode) - in current times there are still people seeking independence and being jailed for trying to use democracy to achieve it.
May watch more - but as drama, not history.
Given the US. (and many other democracies) use a version of the Roman political system it is a bit bizarre to berate the terrible Romans who like to use the eagle symbol - I think the US does too? What about the infusion of Roman legal, medical terms and it being the conduit for Christianity to flourish. The Roman Empire flourished for a thousand years after Rome itself fell in the West and held the knowledge that helped the Renaissance - ironically western mercenaries ably assisted the Turks in the destruction of its last vestiges.
It should also be noted the many successfully completed guerrilla wars - Vietnam and Afghanistan as recent examples. In respect of Spain (first episode) - in current times there are still people seeking independence and being jailed for trying to use democracy to achieve it.
May watch more - but as drama, not history.