History Series / BarbariansRising

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]WouldHurtAChild: Boudica's segment has her flogged and her teenage daughters raped by Roman soldiers. In retaliation, Boudica burns three Roman cities to the ground and slaughters the inhabitants to the last man, woman, and child, including personally setting fire to the Temple of Claudius with women and children inside begging for mercy. It then ends with one of Boudica's daughters being run down by a Roman cavalryman.

* '''"Resistance":''' General Hannibal Barca (Nicholas Pinnock) leads the army of the Roman Republic's regional rival the Carthaginian Empire [[TheAlliance in alliance with many Iberian tribes]] during the Second Punic War, but fails to strangle Rome in the crib despite brilliant victories in mainland Italy. After Carthage falls, a shepherd named [[UsefulNotes/LusitanianWars Viriathus]] (Jefferson Hall) rises from the besieged tribes of Lusitania and becomes a RebelLeader.
* '''"Rebellion":''' The gladiator Spartacus (Ben Batt) begins a slave revolt against Rome, but fails. Later, as Caesar UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} rapidly expands the new Roman Empire, the Roman-trained Cherusci chief Arminius (Tom Hopper) leads all of Germany in a massive uprising.
* '''"Revenge":''' Arminius's revolt leads to Rome's first lasting defeat by a non-Roman people and halts its advance to the northeast. UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}} (Kirsty Mitchell) tries to throw UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} back into the sea to avenge herself and her daughters. And Fritigern (Steven Waddington), leader of the Goths, seeks shelter from the Huns in the Eastern Empire, but is betrayed by Rome and goes on the attack.
* '''"Ruin":''' Fritigern's successor Alaric (Gavin Drea) serves Rome as a mercenary but is soured on their treatment of the barbarians. When he is crowned King of the Visigoths, he vows he will not rest until Rome abides by its treaty obligation and provides his people with a homeland. Part two of the episode is noticeably {{Perspective Flip}}ped, with the collapsing Western Roman Empire now the defending heroes against the marauding hordes of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun (Emil Hostina) and the political maneuverings of Geiseric, King of the Vandals (Richard Brake).

* WritersCannotDoMath: It's claimed that Viriathus's father and Tagus served under Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. However, the Battle of Zama and the Massacre of the Lusitanians are separated by 50 whole years. This means Tagus should be at least 70 years old at the time of the series, not an age easy to reach at the time (by their standards, he would have been quite the grandpa) and absolutely not one for such a physically demanding task as fighting in the frontlines (there ''was'' an example of a warrior this ancient at the time, king Masinissa of Numidia, but he only commanded his army and always went on horse or elephant). Similarly, assuming that Viriathus was in his thirties here as his actor was, his father would have begotten him at least around 40 years old, which would be a late age to be a father even today.

* WritersCannotDoMath: It's claimed that Viriathus's father and Tagus served under Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. However, the Battle of Zama and the Massacre of the Lusitanians are separated by 50 whole years. This means Tagus should be around 70 years old at the time of the series, not an age easy to reach at the time (by their standards, he would have been ''ancient'') and absolutely not one for such a physically demanding task as fighting on the battlefield. Similarly, assuming that Viriathus was in his thirties here as his actor was, his father would have begotten him at least around 40 years old, which would be a late age to be a father even today.

* AdaptationalBadass: In real life, Gaius Vetilius was very old and obese when he came to Hispania, to the point that he was killed by a Lusitanian fighter that could not believe such a slob was the Roman leader (as Hispanics usually believed firmly on AuthorityEqualsAsskicking). In the series, he is middle-aged at most and looks very physically fit, and also does pretty well by himself in the battle of Tribola.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Ditalcus receives here a sympathetic backstory that does not appear in any historic chronicle, namely that he resents Viriathus for having his tribe and friends killed as a side effect of the latter's rebellion. It's implied this was the main factor in his betrayal of Viriathus, aside from his lack of trust on his campaign from the start. Meanwhile, the historical Ditalcus apparently betrayed Viriathus out of sheer opportunism and greed, and judging by the chroniclers's condemnations of him and his cronies, it is clear he didn't have any other reason that is worthy to know.

* WritersCannotDoMath: It's claimed that Viriathus's father and Tagus served under Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. However, the Battle of Zama and the Massacre of the Lusitanians are separated by 50 whole years. This means Tagus should be around 70 years old at the time of the series, not an age easy to reach at the time of the setting (by their standards, he would have been ''ancient'') and absolutely not one for such a physically demanding task as fighting on the battlefield. Similarly, assuming that Viriathus is in his thirties here, his father would have begotten him at least around 40 years old, which would be a late age to be a father even today.

[[caption-width-right:350:Our {{Barbarian Hero}}es. From left, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriatus Viriathus]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius Arminius]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritigern Fritigern]], UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}}, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_I Alaric]], UsefulNotes/{{Attila|TheHun}}, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus Spartacus]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal Hannibal]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genseric Geiseric]].]]

[[quoteright:350:[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bK_Z71mo-0g/maxresdefault.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barbarians_rising.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Our {{Barbarian Hero}}es. From left, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriatus Viriathus]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius Arminius]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritigern Fritigern]], UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}}, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_I Alaric]], UsefulNotes/{{Attila|TheHun}}, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus Spartacus]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal Hannibal]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genseric Geiseric]].]]

* BadassGrandpa: It seems to be a trait of Lusitanians in this series, as Cumelios is a badass chief despite being an elder, and Tagus is a fearsome warrior even when he should be 70 years old (see Writers Cannot Do Math below).

* '''"Resistance":''' General Hannibal Barca (Creator/NicholasPinnock) leads the army of the Roman Republic's regional rival the Carthaginian Empire [[TheAlliance in alliance with many Iberian tribes]] during the Second Punic War, but fails to strangle Rome in the crib despite brilliant victories in mainland Italy. After Carthage falls, a shepherd named [[UsefulNotes/LusitanianWars Viriathus]] (Creator/JeffersonHall) rises from the besieged tribes of Lusitania and becomes a RebelLeader.
* '''"Rebellion":''' The gladiator Spartacus (Creator/BenBatt) begins a slave revolt against Rome, but fails. Later, as Caesar UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} rapidly expands the new Roman Empire, the Roman-trained Cherusci chief Arminius (Creator/TomHopper) leads all of Germany in a massive uprising.
* '''"Revenge":''' Arminius's revolt leads to Rome's first lasting defeat by a non-Roman people and halts its advance to the northeast. UsefulNotes/{{Boudica}} (Creator/KirstyMitchell) tries to throw UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} back into the sea to avenge herself and her daughters. And Fritigern (Creator/StevenWaddington), leader of the Goths, seeks shelter from the Huns in the Eastern Empire, but is betrayed by Rome and goes on the attack.
* '''"Ruin":''' Fritigern's successor Alaric (Creator/GavinDrea) serves Rome as a mercenary but is soured on their treatment of the barbarians. When he is crowned King of the Visigoths, he vows he will not rest until Rome abides by its treaty obligation and provides his people with a homeland. Part two of the episode is noticeably {{Perspective Flip}}ped, with the collapsing Western Roman Empire now the defending heroes against the marauding hordes of UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun (Creator/EmilHostina) and the political maneuverings of Geiseric, King of the Vandals (Creator/RichardBrake).

* AdaptationalBadass: In real life, Gaius Vetilius was very old and obese when he came to Hispania, to the point that he was killed by a Lusitanian fighter that could not believe such a slob was the Roman leader (as Hispanics usually believed firmly on AuthorityEqualsAsskicking). In the series, he is just middle-aged and looks very physically fit, and also does pretty well by himself in the battle of Tribola.

* RaceLift: Hannibal and his people are black here.

* WritersCannotDoMath: It's claimed Viriathus's father (and Tagus) served under Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. However, the Battle of Zama and the Massacre of the Lusitanians are separated by 50 whole years in history. This means Tagus should be around 70 years old at the time of the series, not an age easy to reach at the time of the setting (by their standards, he would have been ''ancient'') and absolutely not one for such a physically demanding task as fighting on the battlefield. Similarly, assuming that Viriathus is in his thirties here, his father would have begotten him at least around 40 years old, which would be a late age even today.