Talk:A Courtesan of Rome/@comment-34296592-20181218204237/@comment-27818075-20181223212151

@StoryGirl83, I think that when real people appear in some books, movies or games, they are ALWAYS changed. I don't think that Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra was 100% historically accurate, as well as many movies about Caesar. Alexandre Dumas wrote historical novels, creating the atmosphere of the time greatly, but he changed many details for the sake of the story. That's what happens here too. I wouldn't expect 100% historical accuracy from a videogame (even if it's Sid Meier's Civilization :)))

But this book is a lot better than D&D because it doesn't gloss over some real things (like war, sexual inequality, slavery or servant abuse). It's not perfect, but it's way more realistic than D&D's 'Early XIX century, two same-sex people are openly kissing in public, what could possibly go wrong?'.