A historian goes to the movies : Ancient Rome

A historian goes to the movies Ancient Rome

Gregory S. Aldrete

DVD - 2020

"The glory of ancient Rome meets the grandeur of modern Hollywood as you join a historian to examine the accuracy of classic sword-and-sandal films."--container.

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Subjects
Rome (Empire) > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome (Empire) > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. > In motion pictures.
Rome (Empire) > Civilization.
Rome (Empire) > Civilization > In motion pictures.
Rome (Empire) > History.
Rome (Empire) > History > In motion pictures.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Lectures
Educational films
Instructional films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company [2020]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Teaching Company
Main Author
Gregory S. Aldrete (teacher)
Corporate Author
Teaching Company (production company)
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: History ; Subtopic: Ancient history"--Cover.
"Course number 8635"--Disc labels.
12 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Course guidebooks laid in each container. Guidebooks contain outlines for each 30 minute lecture.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (122 pages : illustrations)
Format
DVD.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
ISBN
9781629978277
  • Disc 1. Quo Vadis kick-starts the sword-and-sandal genre
  • Ben-Hur: the greatest chariot race
  • Spartacus: Kubrick's controversial epic
  • Cleopatra: spectacle gone wild
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire and ancient epics
  • I, Claudius: the BBC makes an anti-epic
  • Disc 2. Life of Brian: the Roman world's a funny place
  • Gladiator: the historical epic revived
  • Rome: HBO's gritty take on ancient history
  • Centurion and The Eagle: the legions in Britain
  • Scipione l'africano and Fellini Satyricon
  • Bread and circuses in sci-fi films.

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