In the Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City, people of African descent are in the Trojan/Greek military and seem to be equal citizens. How true is this? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In the Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City, people of African descent are in the Trojan/Greek military and seem to be equal citizens. How true is this?

by Knightmare25

I know it's a TV show and not a documentary, so artistic liberties are taken, but I imagine they want to be as faithful to history as possible, so is this true?

jschooltiger

This recent thread featuring u/iphikrates may answer your question. Briefly, because the Trojan War and the description of it in the Iliad are entirely fictional to begin with, there's no particular standard of "historical accuracy" that makes any sense to apply to it.