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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781568555911
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1568555911
Label: Questar
Manufacturer: Questar
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Questar
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 15, 2000
Running Time: 312 minutes
Sales Rank: 13982
Studio: Questar
Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 1998
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Description:
For over a thousand years, Rome was the center of the known world. One of the most glorious empires in history, she brought to her subjects a common language , shared culture, and for some wealth beyond imagination. But nothing lasts forever. War, barbarian attacks, and moral decay eventually took their toll and the empire slowly began to crumble. This six part series presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings, to the height of its glory to its eventual decline, as well as its legacies today. Filmed in 10 countries, Rome: Power and Glory combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed reenactments, period art and writings, and insights from scholars and public figures to bring the ancient world to life. Extra Features: Timeline, Virtual Reconstructions, Twelve Caesars Biographies, Web Link
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Rome: Power & Glory is a six-volume comprehensive introduction to the rise, rule, and fall of the Roman Empire. The series covers the political, military, and social history of the empire from its miraculous engineering feats to the exorbitant taxation that contributed to its downfall. Learn about ancient sporting events and Roman opinions on sex, fashions, slavery, and taxes. The series covers many of Rome's most famous, and in many cases infamous, figures, including Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero, and Caligula. One of the series' main strengths is its coverage of all levels of Roman society, depicting the diverse strata of Roman civilization in all respects: economic, religious, geographic, and such. While providing a good general overview, Rome does not have time to make a detailed study of any one topic. The other disadvantage is a reliance on old gladiator movie footage that detracts from the seriousness of the topic. All in all, this is an excellent visual introduction to the history of the Roman Empire. --Tara Chace
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Before traveling to Italy I wanted to know as much as possible about the history of Italy and these videos are the best way of learning about the history of Roman empire. They are amusing and by no means a drudgery!
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This is not a world class set, but it's not bad, and I think it lays out basic Roman history just fine. I have seen many films on Rome and everyone of them has a diffirent opinion/view. I enjoyed this low-buget set very much; they all can't be high end like National Geographic.
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I would recommend this collection to anyone with any interest in history. Everyone in my family enjoyed it. The costumes and scenery are great and the stories are interesting. It's very educational for those of us who don't have a degree in history.
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This documentary is rather comprehensive, and it is interesting. It has a lot of interesting commentary, not always relying on "historians" but also on experts in different fields being examined.
But, as other reviewers have said, it's very repetetive. When you are watching 5 hours worth, you kind of expect that they would have cut as much as they could have, but they didn't. It is, however, difficult to not repeat things when you are trying to make logical points, as this documentary does. ... Read More
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i came upon a magazine called history today it was an article about an archaeologist named simon leaphead who said the story of romulus and remus may have historical basis in a tale of two brothers named osto and mosto who lived in the year 6000 .B.C. this article was published two years before the documentry iam reviewing was released the filmakers could have interviewed mr.leaphead in a part of the documentry about romes origins but they didn`t they just talked about the empire like everyone else does ... Read More
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