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Any comments on the quality of their videos? (As in, how well it was analyzed)

Okay, I have some questions in regards to the Cleopatra series. There's a number of commenters on Youtube accusing them of inaccuracies, but, well... Youtube comments. Have there been any significant, factual errors?

I'd also like to say that the Cleopatra series runs into the same problem as their series on Justinian and Catherine the Great: the focal character tends to be treated as heroic, especially compared to their rivals, when the actual facts of the matter indicate they were amoral people out for their own power and glory fighting people who generally come off as about the same.

And portraying Cleopatra's suicide as something clever and heroic leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Yeah, that just reeks of Unfortunate Implications.

Great Man Theory has been discredited for years, and doesnt even make for a good story.

In public consusness? not really, it make compelling because it give a good protagonist to work.

Particulary their portrayal of Justinian is really at odds on how critical parts of his reign is now evaluated by historians, especially his foreign policy. Justinians' extensive wars are widely seen as overstretching the ressources of the Byzantine Empire, thereby directly contributing to its' decline after his death. His war in Italy was a huge Pyrrhic victory. Not only was the war very expensive and devasted Italy, it also was aimed against a relatively friendly foederati and ultimately meant that the Byzantines were left to defend Italy later against other invading tribes, a task that could have been done more succesful and cost-effective by the Ostrogoths.

Not that Justinian did not see great success in other endeavours (e.g his monumental Code of Justinian) and was not completely at fault for the Empire's problems (much of which was caused by the Justinian Plague) but still some more nuance would have been desireable.