I'd particularly be interested in seeing a depiction of warfare, or daily life under an empire or something.
I have images of this stuff when I think about Medieval Europe, or Ancient Rome , but this stuff draws a lot of blanks in other parts of the world.
Any suggestions?
It's not medieval (the show takes place between the 1st and 2nd Punic War), but there's Qin Dynasty Epic.
why is it so amateurish but has such high production value at the same time
Slapping high budget for sets and post production over a soap opera results in this. That's basically what C-Dramas are, the Chinese equivalent of US soap operas. K-Dramas are the Korean equivalent. This particular one just has a really high budget.