Talk:Lucius Vorenus (Rome character)

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You guys in wiki are real morons. The named character used to be in real history. Read "De Bello Gallico" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.237.210.195 (talk • contribs) 20:38, July 15, 2006 (UTC)

That's why it says "The basis for this character is the historical Roman soldier of the same name, who is briefly mentioned in Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico." And a question... he used to be in history? Did he get erased from history or something? Eric 20:57, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

This article does not mention what happens to his Senate post after Ceasar's death. The article only mentions he was appointed, nothing more. Clarifying this would be nice.68.54.144.131 (talk) 06:25, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Conjecture

This part of the article really needs to be struck from it:

He loved his wife Niobe deeply, and was profoundly affected by her loss.

The fact is that we do not know if Niobe is actually dead. It would seem that she is, but it is not certain. She has not been buried, no one has said she is dead, and we only see him holding her in the end. That he was 'profoundly affected by her loss' is a silly thing to say since we see nothing else. She might have actually even survived the fall. Any comments? MagnoliaSouth 13:15, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe that sentence should stay, just reworded, perhaps "He loved his wife, Niobe, deeply and was distraught by her loss. I don't think it is over-assuming. Rome wiki-page has her as season 1 only. It may be that someone just took the liberty of assuming this, but might as well stick to it if no one has any information to the contrary. Eric 02:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

But there is, so far, no loss. It has not been confirmed that she has died. Just because Wiki has her as season 1 only, doesn't mean she is. Only HBO knows this and there has been no announcement by HBO, that I'm aware of, which says she is gone. The source should be cited then, if it is to stay OR we find in season 2 that she is actually dead. MagnoliaSouth 13:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Niobe is dead. Her wake is held the same day as Caesar's in Season 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rezdave (talk • contribs) 07:29, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Personal History

In my opinion the fact that he doesn't deny his gallish heritage when mocked may prove for the fact that his family is of Gaul origin.

      He does deny a Gallic heritage. He just doesn't deny that his complexion makes him look like a Gaul. 12.168.214.29 21:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

All it says about Niobe is that she is "young" but in the end of "An Owl in A thorn bush" (103) He specifically states she had 13 summers when they married. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.205.75.215 (talk) 02:43, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Paranoia

I found little evidence of Lucius Vorenus being particularly suspicious towards his wife. He is rather easily fooled by her lies about her adultery. A truly suspicious (or just smart) person would have looked at the child in question to see who it resembles, who it consider its mother and, of course, who can breast-feed it. Lucius Vorenus sheepishly buys her lies. Even if Lucius Vorenus were suspicious of his wife -it would not be a remarkable trait among conservative and traditionally minded romans who deeply mistrusted women. It definitely does not qualify him for paranoia. Paranoid people are not sane. They think almost everyone, or at least a large conspiracy, is out to get them. I have changed the text to this effect. -Sensemaker

The Spoils

Edited the link to the episode "The Spoils". The previous entry had it going to another page about a card game. Changed to direct to the proper page.

Common Editing Mistakes

I see that people are incorrectly formatting episode titles. According to Wiki's TV guidelines:

It should be noted that the title of a television show is styled with italics (e.g. M*A*S*H) while the title of an episode is styled with quotation marks (e.g. "Pilot"). Proper format

Additionally I see that folks are linking directly to a real person in history when actually referring to a show character (e.g. Julius Caesar vs. Julius Caesar). It must be remembered that this show is fiction and links must be carefully created. Julius Caesar is a perfect example because though he was a real person the character in the series Rome is fiction, and no links should be made to the non-fiction Julius Caesar (unless there is a comparison between the two, and it should be clear about the difference). I'm certain this was unintentional, but thought I'd point out this common mistake. :) MagnoliaSouth | Talk 13:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Spoiler warning

I was disappointed to see that this character summary gives away the final few episodes in the current season. It's still showing on BBC. Could we not reinstate the spoiler warning?

89.242.107.194 21:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)