Rome : power & glory / Graham Townsley; Lynn Dougherty; Neil Barrett; Peter Coyote; Charlie Barnett. Videorecording.

Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Questar, ©2005.Description: 6 videodiscs (312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Rome power and glory
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DG209
Contents:
v. 1. The rise. The rise ; Reflections of glory ; Etruscans ; Savage beginnings ; Birth of a republic ; Setting the stage -- v. 2. Legions of conquest. Conquest ; War machine ; The Second Punic War ; A soldier's loyalty ; Allegiance to the Empire ; End of conquest -- v. 3. Seduction of power. Seduction of power ; Fatal precedent ; Gracchus' proposal Julius Caesar ; The first emperors ; Nero -- v. 4. Grasp of empire. Grasp of empire ; To be a Roman ; Erecting an empire ; Prosperity ; Slave revolt ; The tides turn -- v. 5. The cult of order. The cult of order ; Century of doubt ; Moral decay ; Fragmented world ; Underground cult ; Diocletian's wrath -- v. 6. The fall. The fall ; Powder keg ; Panic and reform ; Constantine's vision ; Barbarians ; Rome's twilight.
Production credits:
  • Executive producers, Ed Fields, Joel Westbrook; original score, Charlie Barnett.
Narrator: Peter Coyote.Summary: Presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings to the height of its glory and its eventual decline. Combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed re-enactments, period art and writing, and insights from scholars and public figures.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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"Over 5 hours on six discs."
Originally produced for television broadcast in 1998.
Previously released as QD3588.
Special features: Timeline, virtual reconstructions, twelve Caesars biographies, "Colosseum, house of terror", "Pompeii", "Flamma: gladiator superstar", "Training killers", "Fighting men of the arena", "Fearful facts."

v. 1. The rise. The rise ; Reflections of glory ; Etruscans ; Savage beginnings ; Birth of a republic ; Setting the stage --
v. 2. Legions of conquest. Conquest ; War machine ; The Second Punic War ; A soldier's loyalty ; Allegiance to the Empire ; End of conquest --
v. 3. Seduction of power. Seduction of power ; Fatal precedent ; Gracchus' proposal Julius Caesar ; The first emperors ; Nero --
v. 4. Grasp of empire. Grasp of empire ; To be a Roman ; Erecting an empire ; Prosperity ; Slave revolt ; The tides turn --
v. 5. The cult of order. The cult of order ; Century of doubt ; Moral decay ; Fragmented world ; Underground cult ; Diocletian's wrath --
v. 6. The fall. The fall ; Powder keg ; Panic and reform ; Constantine's vision ; Barbarians ; Rome's twilight.

Executive producers, Ed Fields, Joel Westbrook; original score, Charlie Barnett.

Narrator: Peter Coyote.


Presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings to the height of its glory and its eventual decline. Combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed re-enactments, period art and writing, and insights from scholars and public figures.