Big Screen RomeJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009 M02 9 - 288 pages Big Screen Rome is the first systematic survey of the most important and popular films from the past half century that reconstruct the image of Roman antiquity.
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... Augustus 4 Baths of Diocletian 5 Camp of the Praetorians 6 Horologium of Augustus 7 Stadium of Domitian 8 Baths of Nero 9 Temple of the Divine Hadrian 10 Pantheon 11 Temple of Isis 12 Saepta Iulia 13 Baths of Agrippa 14 Theater of ...
... Augustus 4 Baths of Diocletian 5 Camp of the Praetorians 6 Horologium of Augustus 7 Stadium of Domitian 8 Baths of Nero 9 Temple of the Divine Hadrian 10 Pantheon 11 Temple of Isis 12 Saepta Iulia 13 Baths of Agrippa 14 Theater of ...
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... Augustus in 27 bc. Nero was the adopted son of the previous emperor, Claudius, who ruled from ad 41 to 54, and whose suspicious death from an undetermined cause is often blamed on his wife, Nero's mother, Agrippina the Younger. By all ...
... Augustus in 27 bc. Nero was the adopted son of the previous emperor, Claudius, who ruled from ad 41 to 54, and whose suspicious death from an undetermined cause is often blamed on his wife, Nero's mother, Agrippina the Younger. By all ...
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... Augustan era (Grant, 326–8). The philosopher Seneca, Nero's former minister, had returned to private life in ad 62, but did not get to enjoy his retirement for very long. In ad 65 Seneca was accused of being involved with Gaius ...
... Augustan era (Grant, 326–8). The philosopher Seneca, Nero's former minister, had returned to private life in ad 62, but did not get to enjoy his retirement for very long. In ad 65 Seneca was accused of being involved with Gaius ...
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Contents
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Chapter 2 The Robe 1953 | 34 |
Chapter 3 BenHur 1959 | 59 |
Chapter 4 Spartacus 1960 | 89 |
Chapter 5 Cleopatra 1963 | 121 |
Chapter 6 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 | 159 |
Chapter 7 Monty Pythons Life of Brian 1979 | 176 |
Chapter 8 History of the World Part I 1981 The Roman Empire Sequence | 194 |
Chapter 9 Gladiator 2000 | 207 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 262 |
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