Saw *Kingdom of Heaven*, IMDB:0320661. It was entertaining. I wonder how much of it is true. I liked the fact that there was a lot of Arabic being spoken. I understood a few phrases. ;) As to the battles, it reminded me a bit of the Lord of the Rings. There’s little real character development. The only thing that really interests me is the historic background.
Strange to think that I’ve moved from Herodot (Greeks vs. Persians) to Thukydides (Athens vs. Sparta) to Arrian (Alexander the Great) to Rome and its fall when Constantinople was conquered. And after Constantinople the history of the crusades looks like an interesting topic. 😄
I really need to update my AncientHistory reading list...
#Movies #Byzantium
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