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Great Cities of Ancient World: Rome Pompeii
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Product Details
- Starring: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Olivier Siroux
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9786302946390
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- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6302946395
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- Label: Questar
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- Manufacturer: Questar
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Questar
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- Release Date: 2002-04-30
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- Studio: Questar
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1993
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- Title: Great Cities of Ancient World: Rome Pompeii
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- UPC: 033937023217
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Product Description: This hour-long video covers the grandeur of the ancient cities of Rome and Pompeii. By reconstructing the ancient buildings, the viewer is given a glimpse of daily life in the early part of the first millennium. Using a collage of sculpture, paintings, and footage from black-and-white films about the Roman Empire, narrator Edmund Purdon takes the viewer on a journey through two cities that are considered part of the basis of modern civilization. Ruins are displayed in their present state, and then are rebuilt on video so we can see exactly what each building was used for. In this way, we can see how early Romans lived--how they shopped, what their theaters were like, their baths, their eating and drinking habits, and even their bloody gladiator fights. Pompeii is introduced in the same manner, and we learn of its destruction--the earthquake and volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which killed over 2,000 people and buried the city until it was discovered in the mid-18th century. This video, part of the Great Cities of the Ancient World series, is a wonderful introduction for anyone curious about these important cities and a terrific foundation in the history of the Roman Empire. --Jenny Brown
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Customer Reviews
Informative video
This is a good video, very informative. It compares favorably with, for instance, National Geographic and Reader's Digest videos. The computer recreates of the ancient structures are good. When superimposed on the modern grounds, you can see it's artificial because the lighting is wrong. It would be nice if all ancient structures that can be restored and rebuilt are done so.
The video could have had normal color footage, instead of that faded black and white footage for the ancient everyday scenes.
At the end of the other video about Egypt, it says that there is a lot known, and unknown, about ancient Egypt. It would also apply to ancient Rome (and so on).
This Rome one is approximately 60 minutes, and could have been longer. The other two, Egypt and Greece, are approximately 75 minutes each. This Rome one could then have included the Pantheon in Rome, and Stabiae (by Vesuvious).
This series of 3 should also be available on DVD.
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boring
Lots of good facts but very very boring!!
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For the Insomniac, Not the History Buff
Although this video is a nice survey of information about the cities, it's production value was mediocre at best, and the educational content was sparse. The presentation was monotonous and literally put my students to sleep. Even I was hard-pressed to keep my eyes open and I'm fascinated by the subject. There are too many better videos out there on the subject to waste your time here.
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Fascinating
After coming back from Rome and Pompeii, we found this video very interesting, historically and entertainingly. The way the ancient cities are recreated with the computer animation is a plus. We would recommend it to anyone interested in history or traveling.
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Bravo
Very educational and entertaining. A must for teachers and students.
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