10 Brutal History Series That Are as Violent as They Are Accurate

The TV landscape has many great history shows with brutal scenes. Unfortunately, many of them take major liberties with events, timelines, and character portrayals. Take Peaky Blinders, where the criminal gang is plucked from the original 19th-century era in which it existed and planted into the early 20th century. Then there’s Spartacus, where Julius Caesar is portrayed as a key figure in the fight against Spartacus and his fellow rebels, yet he had nothing to do with the Third Seville War. Vikings isn’t accurate either. It heavily compresses the timeline and features many characters whose existence has been questioned by scholars.