April 20, 2009
I’ve started to watch Rome again. This is either my second or third time viewing the series (I’m a little bit fuzzy but I’d definitely seen it at least once). I still really enjoy it. I also understand the political logistics a little bit better thanks to having listened to the History of Rome Podcast (and having recently watched some episodes of I, Claudius). I feel like Rome is probably cribbing pretty heavily from I, Claudius - which is fine by me, considering that it’s an excellent series to pull from. While watching episode 6 of season 1 I thought I recognized an actor - playing a senator named Publius Servilius - from Amadeus. I have a little script that I use to determine these things but to no avail (he is, apparently, only in a single episode and thus doesn’t appear in the IMDB credits). I did some more poking and was able to determine that he actor was Simon Callow - and was, in fact, in Amadeus. I took a screenshot to compare the two. I’m rather proud of spotting him and remembering him - even though he’s nearly 21 years older when he played Servilius in Rome.

I’ve started to watch Rome again. This is either my second or third time viewing the series (I’m a little bit fuzzy but I’d definitely seen it at least once). I still really enjoy it. I also understand the political logistics a little bit better thanks to having listened to the History of Rome Podcast (and having recently watched some episodes of I, Claudius). I feel like Rome is probably cribbing pretty heavily from I, Claudius - which is fine by me, considering that it’s an excellent series to pull from.

While watching episode 6 of season 1 I thought I recognized an actor - playing a senator named Publius Servilius - from Amadeus. I have a little script that I use to determine these things but to no avail (he is, apparently, only in a single episode and thus doesn’t appear in the IMDB credits). I did some more poking and was able to determine that he actor was Simon Callow - and was, in fact, in Amadeus. I took a screenshot to compare the two. I’m rather proud of spotting him and remembering him - even though he’s nearly 21 years older when he played Servilius in Rome.

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