It wasn't magical or made of ice, but the men who served at the wall were low-ranking and forbidden to take wives or hold lands. The wall was known as Hadrian's Wall, and it stretched from coast to coast. eh, the tribes up in the far north are too scary, let's just build a giant wall to keep them out. They expanded their border all the way up to Northern England, near the border of modern Scotland and then figured. The next major invasion came from way down south: the Romans (after a few false starts) finally got their act together and conquered England in 43 CE-at least, most of it. Westeros is pretty clearly based on Medieval Britain (albeit a beefed up, much larger and sexier Britain), and British history is not known for being short or simple.įor now, let's just focus on two huge historical influences: Ancient England and the Wars of the Roses. The series is already longer than The Lord of the Rings and the Bible combined,and George has only written five out of seven books so far. If we wanted to go through every last moment of the books and which historical events they correspond to, of course, we'd be here all night.
So here's a look at the bloody, twisted, and unfortunately true history that inspired A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. As Martin himself puts it, he plucks many of his plots and characters from history and then he "turns it up to eleven" and "changes the color from red to purple" to write the books' iconic scenes. Martin's epic might have all the trappings of a whimsical, violent fantasy world, the actual plot of the series is based in reality. You can tell because there are fire-breathing dragons, zombie-making ice people, and all of the women have perfectly shaved armpits despite the fact that it's the faux middle ages.
A Song of Ice and Fire, along with its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones, is a fantasy series.
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