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Mary Beard: Hollywood Lied to You About Ancient Rome. Here's the Truth

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bell-cot
3h ago
Hollywood is in the entertainment biz, not education. Is there any subject that they don't lie about?

(Not saying they're malicious, usually. Just that looks-cool pretend will almost always rake in more revenue than reality. Without the hassles or expense of researching what the truth actually is, or changing their script/casting/costumes/whatever to bear a passable resemblance to it.)

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