Even though the opening poster has already seen it, I'd recommend Borgia: Faith and Fear to everyone who loves realistic and brutal renaissance shenanigans. It is much better than the mediocre The Borgias.
I have found a new show that I am going to add to the list and I figured some of you might like this too.
Bbc's has made a show that is an 'answer' to game of thrones, it's called The Last Kingdom and based on Bernard Cornwell's the saxon chronicals. (the same guy that made the 'sharpe' series)
It is set after the story of -vikings- in the England of 872 b.c, looks awesome.
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HBO's Rome came out way before The Tudors, unless there's a newer modern one I'm not aware of. The two seasons of Rome were amazing though, wish they'd have been able to stick to the 5 season plan with that one.
All of the ones I'd mention have already been mentioned, I'll give special notice to Deadwood since at least in the first two seasons it was an incredible show, they started to lose sight of the big picture in s3 but there were still plenty of moments making it worth watching. Season 1 was incredibly strong.
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Rome was great, sadly the second season (because it was canceled) was a letdown. So I have begun to read Colleen mccullough's books instead, does give a great rome fix.
Such a shame no good roman era series have been made ever since. There was some talk about hbo producing I, claudius with the BBC but I have heard nothing about it ever since.
I actually think season 2 of Rome was the vastly more interesting of the seasons. Even though Ciaran Hinds's Ceasar was great, I felt the series properly took off only after he was killed. (holy shit spoilers!)
Another thing I liked about Rome is its authenticity. A year or so ago I started reading lots of history books about ancient Rome, and inspired by those I watched Rome for the second time, and it actually managed to be more interesting than the first time with the new knowledge I had. Usually it appears that the more you know about a subject of a movie/series, the more you see all the flaws, but Rome managed to avoid that nicely.
I thought of another one. Three Musketeers, the new one from BBC1.
Now, I feel the need to add a note... This IS a good show, but there are some pretty huge flaws, mostly in casting... and the whole first season is super average.
HOWEVER the second season is boss as fuck and well worth pushing through the terribad first season for. Even the badness of season 1 is somewhat offset by Peter Capaldi being awesome as the bad guy.
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It's historical fiction, based (rather loosely) on the book by Alexandre Dumas.
As for what's so good about it(talking about season 2): GREAT characters, a surprisingly intricate plot, REALLY good action and some great acting (balanced out by some REALLY shit acting).
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Well, none of the shows you have listed are 100% historical...
Anyhow, may I suggest John Adams?
EDIT: I must add that I don't like today's trend in historical shows. The producers seem to believe that the addition of dirt, gore and butt fucking will make the story more "authentic". That is boulderdash.
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I came to watch a TV-show on the Romans invading Britannia. I was so appalled... Roman legionaries from Italy reenacted by blonds/redheads... historic facts twisted... most daft clichés affirmed... the tv show aimed at suspense and thrill (to present viewers a nice show)... controversies amongst historians are totally neglected (as they could harm the populist narrative of the show)... and so on...
After seeing such TV-shows, which are commonly regarded as true/correct, and make the impression to be so (as if history was fully known)...
I really despise semi-historical, "docutainment" TV-shows with scripted, infotainment scenes played by (mostly bad) actors and steered by incapable, histroy-wtf!-producer-dudes that aim for a maximum viewer-rate.
A good (scientific) book is so, so much better..
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While I liked John Adams, I think that there's a difference between Biographical and Historical.
AMC's doing a good job of showing that you can have a compelling show without pandering to sex & violence.
I'll toss in Hell on Wheels too, as (like 90% of the shows mentioned) its largely fictitious, the setting is reasonably accurate to history. I really enjoy the 'historical settings', but sadly the first ones that came to mind have already been mentioned (Marco Polo & Black Sails, yay for ones people never mention)