What a complete mess. Did the makers of this care for any facts? How can you get Actium completely wrong, and just make up aspects of that battle not attested in any primary history?
Newsflash. Anthony had less ships, about 140 to Octavian's 280. And Cleopatra had her fleet abandons Anthony and flee without taking part whatsoever in the battle. That is a fact attest too in both primary sources and academic peer reviewed secondary sources. And it was Anthony that burned the remaining ships, since he had not the manpower to man. It was a common tactic to burn your own ships after a lost battle when you know they will be seized by your adversaries and used against you in future battles. Even in WWII naval combatants did that.
One has to ask: Where were the actual history expert advisors in this mess? They have Egyptian court history wrong. Egyptian clothing wrong. Military history of this wrong. Even the hairstyles are wrong! Wrong in detail and wrong in big picture.
Newsflash. Anthony had less ships, about 140 to Octavian's 280. And Cleopatra had her fleet abandons Anthony and flee without taking part whatsoever in the battle. That is a fact attest too in both primary sources and academic peer reviewed secondary sources. And it was Anthony that burned the remaining ships, since he had not the manpower to man. It was a common tactic to burn your own ships after a lost battle when you know they will be seized by your adversaries and used against you in future battles. Even in WWII naval combatants did that.
One has to ask: Where were the actual history expert advisors in this mess? They have Egyptian court history wrong. Egyptian clothing wrong. Military history of this wrong. Even the hairstyles are wrong! Wrong in detail and wrong in big picture.