Actual History Question as Opposed to Rome History Question

[shipperx]

Didn't Servilia live longer than that?  I thought she had lived for years after Brutus' death.  And, yes, I'm also aware that there were years between the battle between Marc Antony and Brutus and when Antony married Octavia.  But, I remember that part and I'm fuzzier on the stuff with Servilia, so anyone know the answer? 

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[jerrymcl89.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, Wikipedia lists the following dates:

44 BC - Caesar assasinated
43 BC - Atia dies
42 BC - Brutus and Cassius die
40 BC - Antony marries Octavia

It lists Servilia's death as "after 43 BC", but also notes that she was still living when Brutus died.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Which, since Atia is still alive and kicking, I shouldn't be quibbling that Servilia bit it when she did as it was after Brutus' death. (But then at this point, I consider Atia to be more Fulvia than Atia so... dunno. Rome's history is quite accurate in some ways and bizarro world in others.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

After Brutus' death she lived in the care of Cicero's friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. Her son's ashes were sent to her from Philippi and she died naturally, as did her youngest daughter Junia Tertia. The date for her death is given as being a year after her son's death.

[jerrymcl89.livejournal.com]

Rome is accurate enough that when they get something wrong, I figure it's on purpose. Certainly, Atia is still alive because it serves the plot for her to be.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

And yeah, Rome is picking and choosing what is accurate and what works for dramatic purposes. Anyone who is watching this for historical content is going to give themselves a huge headache.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

That and she rocks.

Plus, I do think she's sort of been fused with Fulvia, which leads me to believe that she's about to meet a bad end in the near future.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I realize that Rome fictionalizes history whenever it suits them. On the other hand, they're surprisingly accurate about certain things (such as the wedding ceremonies in the last episode). I'm sort of guessing that they've taken the Deadwood approach to history where they immersed themselves in the history and the characters to get the "feel" and then theyh went with pure fiction as a means of expressing it.

I've been listening to the Life of Augustus and it seems that Rome pretty much has both Marc Antony's and Octavius' personalities dead on. And I see how they even found Atia's over protection of young Octavian, as that wa apparently also true. They get much of the "feel" of history fairly well... then they throw some bits of it up in the air and make up whatever they wish. Which, I'm not complaining about. I just wonder why they didn't have Servilia die during torture and curse Atia then rather than save her for a few weeks. If you're changing history, why quibble over that? I don't really see how she's served much purpose since.

I'm not really complaining though. I just couldn't remember the actual history on this one and so was curious. I had thought she lived to an old age. I didn't realize that she died only a couple of years after Brutus.