History Series / Britannia

* GreaterScopeVillain: Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius Claudius]] is the one who commanded the invasion if Britannia and the Outcast in particular believes that even if they repel the invaders, he would have to go to Rome and kill the emperor himself in order to really keep them from coming back.
* GreenEyedMonster: Amena resents the respect and interest that Lindon shows towards Kerra, and tries to turn King Pellenor against her whenever he can.

* FacialMarkings: Common among the Britons, but especially their royalty and priesthood. The Outcast has runes carved into his forehead, and the monarchs of the Cantii have their destinies tattooed on their faces by the Druids -- as does [[spoiler:Cait, in the final episode]].

* DemonicPossession: Claimed by the Outcast, for both himself and [[spoiler:Aulus Plautius]]. There's extremely strong evidence that he's right about both of them, too.

* TheChosenOne: Played with a ''lot''. Various characters believe themselves to be chosen by the Gods for one role or another. Some of them turn out to be right, some die ignonimously, and some simply get told that they've misunderstood the prophecy.

* ButtMonkey: Phelan. His wife Amena (who he really doesn't like) is very publicly sleeping with another man (who is also her husband, on the orders of the Druids), and very publicly tells everyone how much more of a man Lindon is. Then [[spoiler:his father dies, and despite being the official heir he's passed over in favour of his sister. And then he's persuaded to run away with an enemy princess who believes herself to be the incarnation of a goddess, only to be told by Veran that she's mistaken and he's thrown away everything he once had for nothing. Oh, and he spends most of his time on the run suffering from diarrhea.]]

** Characters played by black actors are identified as "Numidian", an olive-skinned Berber people from North Africa. It's possible the screenwriters might've confused the Numidians with the Nubians, who did have dark skin, but the first legions in proximity to Nubia wouldn't be raised until the reign of Diocletian, 250 years after the series takes place.

** The Celts use runes. Nevermind that the runes where a ''Germanic'' writing system and did not arrive to Britannia until the Anglo-Saxon migrations: 400 years after the events of the show. If the runes where around in 43 AD (the earliest known inscriptions are from the 2nd century), they would have been limited to the area around Denmark or to Germanic mercenaries.

** Basically every costume in the series is comically wrong. Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that some of the officer's helmets have been purchased from cheap £1 party stores.

** Plautius claims to not even know the names if the local tribes in the area were he landed. In reality, the pretext for the invasion was to re-instate Verica, an exiled king of the Atrebates tribe, so he would've been well aware of the political situation on the island.

** Plautius reminds Lucius of an incident they were involved in while in Egypt and mentions Cairo. While the area was already home to various cities and settlements, Cairo wouldn’d get that name until the 10th century AD.
** The "arrangement" between Lindon and Amena is said to be the druids' idea in order to strengthen the bonds between the Cantii and the "Bretons" in Gaul. There's 2 problems with this: at that point in time the peninsula of Armorica had been part of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis for decades, and it wouldn't be called Brittany for another four centuries, when Britons from the island began to emigrate there.

Set in 43AD, it follows the Roman army led by Aulus Plautius (Morrissey) as they launch an invasion of the island of Britannia, a mysterious land led by warrior women and powerful Druids who claim to channel the powerful forces of the underworld.

* AerithAndBob: ''None'' of the Britons have period-appropriate names.

* BadassBoast: The Outcast matter-of-factly says he is going to destroy the entire Roman Empire, ''by himself'':
-->'''Cait:''' Wow. You must be really important. So what's the mission?
-->'''Outcast:''' Isn't it obvious? I have to stop the Romans. I have to send them home. Then, to make sure it doesn't happen again, I have to go to Rome and kill the Emperor. Then I have to face down The Great Earth Demon Lokka himself and to be perfectly honest, I haven't thought that far yet.

* GenreSavvy: When the Optio tells his fellow prisoner that it's very important they not tell the Cantii anything, it's immediately obvious to the audience that he's getting ready to kill the other man because he's clearly not going to be able to hold out against torture. Then the soldier suggests cutting out his tongue instead, and it becomes clear that he ''also'' understood what the Optio was saying.

** Basically every costume in the series is comically wrong. Eagled eyed viewers may notice that some of the officer's helmets have been purchased from cheap £1 party stores.

** Characters played by black actors are identified as "Numidian", an olive-skinned Berber people from North Africa. It's possible the screenwriters might've confused the Numidians with the Nubians, who did have dark skin, but the first legions in proximity to Nubia wouldn't be raised until the reign of Diocletian, 200 years after the series takes place.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius Claudius]] is the one who commanded the invasion if Britannia and the Outcast in particular believes that even of they repel the invaders, he would have to go to Rome and kill the emperor in order to really keep them from coming back.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Emperor Claudius is the one who commanded the invasion if Britannia and the Outcast in particular believes that even of they repel the invaders, he would have to go to Rome and kill the emperor in order to really keep them from coming back.

''Britannia'' is a is a British historical period drama the first co-production between Creator/{{Sky}} and [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon Prime Video]], and stars Kelly Reilly, Creator/DavidMorrissey, Zoë Wanamaker, Liana Cornell and Stanley Weber.

** [[spoiler:King Pellenor]] ordered his execution of his beloved wife on orders of the Druids, just because she had a Roman grandfather.

* ActionGirl: Hella, the Irish bounty hunter. [[spoiler:First she slaughters the other bounty hunters, then she becomes the only person to get the better of the Outcast, nearly killing him with a well-timed ambush.]]

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:The Optio]] is so tough and his loyalty to Rome so strong that he doesn't break even when the Cantii are [[FlayingAlive cutting chunks of his skin]] during interrogation.

* GenreSavvy: When the Optio tells his fellow prisoner that it's very important they not tell the Cantii anything, it's immediately obvious to the audience that he's getting ready to kill the other man because he's clearly not going to be able to hold out against torture. Then the soldier suggests cutting out his tongue, and it becomes clear that he ''also'' understood what the Optio was saying.

* MoodWhiplash: The Outcast hypnotizes a pair of Roman soldiers into becoming his captors/escorts/friends. First he turns them against each other, then calms down their quarrel and makes them into best friends. [[spoiler:Then he has one of them decapitate the other, leaving him traumatized for the next few episodes]].

* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:King Pellenor]] suffers a traditional Threefold Death at the hands of the Druids.