Varus, give me back my legions!
Actually I thought it was reasonably historically accurate and did well with a fairly limited budget. I enjoyed it, well what good honest Anglo Saxon wouldn't enjoy seeing the bullies of the world get butchered? I'm a bit of an ancient history lover and the Romans loosing something usually cheers me up. Actually historically I rather despise Roman culture for its extreme Patriarchy, casual brutality and its sense of innate superiority. Around 18000 Romans died at Teutoburg, I don't feel sorry for 'em.
There is some evidence that some Germanic tribes or a tribe or segments of tribes fought mostly naked, preferably at night and used black shields whilst dying their bodies black and would use terror tactics where possible. In ancient warfare most casualties happened after the battle was lost, the side that broke first being cut down as they ran after discarding weapon and shield. Hence the old Spartan saying 'come back with this shield or upon it'.
I'm pretty sure I did see what looked like typical stirrups from around the 12th+ century CE on the horses but I would guess that's because people these days can't ride horses safely without them rather than an oversight. When where and how the use of stirrups became common in Western Europe is a matter of some debate. Suffice to say that the horse was domesticated around 4500 BCE and the first evidence for any kind of stirrup is from India in around 100 BCE.
So, no, I don't think the show was taking liberties with the body paint or masks. Your a superstitious society fighting another superstitious society. You understand the use of fear as a weapon. Do the maths.
So yeah, all in all not a bad show. Didn't watch any trailer (I never do, for anything), just dived in and binge watched it. The love triangle was tedious but a solid 3.8/5.
I don't watch trailers. I never have and I never will.
I don't like Tom Cruise, James Cameron and there's lots more to add, give me time
I don't like Star Wars or Star Trek or any superhero *hit