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The Fall of the Roman Empire Papeback - - 2nd Edition
by Martin M. Winkler (Editor)
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- Title The Fall of the Roman Empire
- Binding Papeback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date pp. 352
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 650532966
- ISBN 9781118589823 / 1118589823
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Dewey Decimal Code 937.09
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From the rear cover
For over a century, epic cinema has significantly shaped popular interest in Roman history and culture. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), the last of the silver-screen epics about ancient Rome before Gladiator, stands out as the only epic that attempted, and largely succeeded, to show the greatness of Roman civilization rather than to condemn it for luxury, debauchery, religious persecution, and imperialism.
The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensive appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire from historical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The book also provides the principal classical sources on the period. It is a companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004) and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) and completes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood's greatest films about Roman history.