Ive been playing the game Ryse: Son of Rome and most characters on both sides (Romans and Barbarians) have sort of a British accent. Same with the movie Gladiator. What What DID their accent sound like back then?
hi! On your first question, I wonder if there is a sub that may have more experts in American film tropes (if anyone knows, kindly reply here thanks!), but here's a post to start with
As for your second question, are you asking how an Ancient Roman would sound if they were speaking their own language (i.e. how Latin is pronounced), or what their accent would sound like if they attempted to speak a standard form of 2015 American English? Assuming the former, this post from the other day has a bunch of links to posts discussing the pronunciation of Latin and a few other ancient languages