Rome, Season One
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Rome, Season One

History Makes Television

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Rome, Season One

History Makes Television

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Rome, Season One: History Makes Television examines the first season of the HBO-BBC collaboration, Rome, in a collection of thought-provoking essays by some of the world's most influential scholars in the fields of classical antiquity and popular culture.

  • Examines the first season of the HBO-BBC collaboration, Rome, in a collection of 17 thought-provoking essays by some of the world's most influential scholars in the fields of classical antiquity and popular culture
  • Focuses on the award-winning first season's historical framework, visual and narrative style, contemporary thematic overtones, and influence on popular culture
  • Addresses the artistic values, and roles of the script, sets, and actors
  • Reveals how the series Rome 'makes history' in terms of representing the past on screen and producing innovative and influential television.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
9781444301557
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Notes on Contributors
  4. Episode Guide Rome, Season One
  5. Introduction
  6. 1: Televising Antiquity: From You Are There to Rome
  7. 2: Making History in Rome: Ancient vs. Modern Perspectives
  8. 3: What I Learned as an Historical Consultant for Rome
  9. 4: Romeā€™s Opening Titles: Triumph, Spectacle, and Desire
  10. 5: The Fog of War: The Army in Rome
  11. 6: Caesarā€™s Soldiers: The Pietas of Vorenus and Pullo
  12. 7: Becoming Augustus:The Education of Octavian
  13. 8: ā€œNot Some Cheap Murderā€: Caesarā€™s Assassination
  14. 9: Womenā€™s Politics in the Streets of Rome
  15. 10: Atia and the Erotics of Authority
  16. 11: Her First Roman: A Cleopatra for Rome
  17. 12: Gowns and Gossip: Gender and Class Struggle in Rome
  18. 13: The Gender Gap: Religious Spaces in Rome
  19. 14: Staging Interiors in Romeā€™s Villas
  20. 15: Latin in the Movies and Rome
  21. 16: Spectacle of Sex: Bodies on Display in Rome
  22. 17: Vice is Nice: Rome and Deviant Sexuality
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index