2004 King Arthur Film

The historical plausibility of the film is somewhat similar to what Snyder wrote about. Snyder mentioned how Arthur’s Britons we’re descended from Celts and Romans. In the 2004 film the Roman influence of Arthur is heavily used. In fact Arthur and his knights are fighting for the Roman Empire in the film. In the trailer, before I was aware of the whole Roman Empire thing, I noticed that the armor that Arthur was wearing looked more Roman than medieval. The idea of Christianity was also mentioned in the film with the Roman person, I think a bishop if I’m not mistaken, who came to see Arthur. He came to give freedom to Arthur’s knights and wanted to know what religion Arthur’s knights were and was a little taken aback when he found out they were still pagans. Snyder wrote that around the 4^th century CE Christianity was a growing force and it was already the official religion of the Roman Empire.  Snyder also talked about the struggle between the Saxons and the Britons. The movie depicted the Saxons as the enemy of Arthur and his knights. They were the ones who surrounded the fort during our final clip I believe. The Saxons and Britons as enemies is historically accurate according to what Snyder wrote.