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Title A historian goes to the movies [(DVD) videorecording] : Ancient Rome / Professor Gregory S. Aldrete.

Publication Info. Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2020]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2008360~S1
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 Nichols Adult Great Courses  937.06 HIS    AVAILABLE
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Description 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (122 pages : illustrations)
digital optical rda
video file DVD video rda
Series The great courses. History. Ancient history
Great courses (DVD). Ancient history.
System Details DVD.
Note "Course no. 8635."
Contains 12 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes.
Bibliography Course guidebook includes bibliographical references.
Summary "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.
Performer Lecturer: Professor Gregory S. Aldrete, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay.
Language Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Contents 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.
Subject Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Videodiscs.
Rome -- Civilization -- Videodiscs.
Genre Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
DVD-video discs.
Added Author Aldrete, Gregory S., teacher.
Teaching Company, production company.
Added Title Ancient Rome
Standard No. 9781629978277
Music No. GV0829 Recorded Books
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