The successful television series adapts George RR Martin's saga of novels, which in turn was primarily inspired by an episode in English history: The War of the Two Roses . From 1377 and after the death of King Edward III, this conflict pitted two noble families: the Lancasters and the Yorks. The symbol of the former was a red rose, while the latter were represented by a white one.
In fiction, the Lannisters are heralding a lion on a red crest, and the Stark's shield is a gray wolf on a white. Other characters and events from the British past find their reflection in Game of Thrones: Hadrian's wall> the North wall; Margaret of Anjou> Cersei Lannister; William I the Conqueror> Aegon I Targaryen …
On the other hand, the terms in which the Valyrian Empire is described seem an evocation of the Roman, in terms of its power and development and its confrontation with the Ghiscari Empire, which could well refer to Carthage . And as for the Dothraki horsemen, their exuberance and fierceness echo the Huns or Mongols . Furthermore, there are those who see similarities between the young King Joffrey Baratheon and Charles II the Bewitched; or between the familiar truculence of the Lannister and the misdeeds of the Borgia.
Finally, the set of weights and measures used in the novel is based on the Castilian of the 18th century: span, cubit, bushel, league, azum …
