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Barbarians Rising

2016Show1 season · 4 episodesTV-14Ended

Action & AdventureDocumentary
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Rotten Tomatoes–57%
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7Rotten Tomatoes–57%

Summary

Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and violent existence.

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  • Binge-friendly

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  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Draws you into power games.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Teaches you something.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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Tropes

Last-Second Term of RespectRare · in 14 titlesIn "Rebellion", Quinctilius Varus and current protagonist Arminius look on as German tribesmen offer children to their Roman overlords as slaves to cover their tax bills.Raised by ConquerorsRare · in 4 titlesEpisodes 2 and 3 dramatize how Arminius and his brother, sons of a Cherusci chief in modern-day Germany, were taken as tributes by Rome and raised to be legionnaires.All 40 tropes

Barbarians Rising episodes

1 season · 4 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Resistance, 7.4
  2. S1 E2 Rebellion, 7.8
  3. S1 E3 Revenge, 8.0
  4. S1 E4 Ruin, 7.9

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