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Title:

The true story of the Roman arena [videorecording] / Time Watch ; a BBC production in association with Lionheart Television International, Inc.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences distributor,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Reproduction Info:

Digital copy. Iowa City : University of Iowa Center for Media Production for the University of Iowa Libraries, 2011. VHS video tape transferred to industry standard DVCAM format, (4:3 standard definition) with Sony DSR-1800 digital videocassette recorder and simultaneously to DVD format with Panasonic DMR-ES25 DVD recorder via Y/C distribution system from a variety of VHS source decks.

Subject:

Rome--Social life and customs.
Amusements--Rome.
Violence--Rome.
Colosseum (Rome, Italy)--History.
Games--Social aspects--Rome.
Gladiators.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.

Other Authors:

British Broadcasting Corporation.
Lionheart Television International, Inc.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
University of Iowa. Libraries.
University of Iowa. Center for Media Production.

Other Titles:

Time Watch (Television program)

Notes:

Originally produced in 1993. Narrator, Andrew Sachs ; extracts read by Martin Jarvis, Bob Peck.

Summary:

Drawing on first-hand Roman accounts and modern research, this program traces the Roman origins of the use of violence as mass entertainment through the rise of the Roman arena and the Games associated with it.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)770729242

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)