Damn you Mike

We're only on episode 4 here and you've just ruined it for me! :-)

I had great hopes for this series, in the 1st episode, but now it's just descended into a soap. I couldn't give a damn whether the centurian's wife got pregnant by another man, or whatever, I expected to watch an historical romp through the emperors, but we've still got JC chasing Pompey around. I expected some more "sword & sandal" but all we're getting is "pork sword".

I read that it lost 49% of its US audience after the 1st episode.

It didn't pass the "dormice" test, i.e. how long it takes before the 1st person, in an implausibly uncomfortable reclining position, is offered dormice as a snack. It took 40 minutes and, as such, didn't do too badly on that score.
I do enjoy the Latin graffiti though - you've got to be quick - like " [somebody] FELAT [somebody else]"

Also, they want to get their latin right. OK the slaves address the mistress as "Domina" but the master as "Dominus", whereas we all know that the vocative is "Domine" :-)

Terry