The opening scene in Gladiator is historically inaccurate because it’s a monoculture forest. Forests in Germania circa 180 AD were always polycultural because mass regrowth efforts for Europe’s depleted forests didn’t begin until the Middle Ages going into the Age of Sail. When that happened is when they planted the same species to create what we see in the film.
The opening scene in Gladiator is historically inaccurate because it’s a monoculture forest. Forests in Germania circa 180 AD were always polycultural because mass regrowth efforts for Europe’s depleted forests didn’t begin until the Middle Ages going into the Age of Sail. When that happened is when they planted the same species to create what we see in the film.