Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. British Broadcasting Corporation.
2. Lionheart Television International, Inc.
3. Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. 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.

Uniform title

1. Time Watch (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Roman arena

Subject

1. Games > Rome > Social aspects
2. Violence > Rome
3. Rome > Social life and customs
4. Amusements > Rome
5. Gladiators

Call number

1. *UGS-1005

Note

1. Originally produced in 1993.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Jonathan Stamp ; editor, Laurence Rees.

System details (note)

1. VHS format.

Title

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

Imprint

1. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], 1994.

System details

1. VHS format.

Credits

1. Producer, Jonathan Stamp ; editor, Laurence Rees.

Performer

1. Narrator, Andrew Sachs ; extracts read by Martin Jarvis, Bob Peck.

Added author

1. British Broadcasting Corporation.
2. Lionheart Television International, Inc.
3. Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Added title

1. Time Watch (Television program)

Research call number

1. *UGS-1005 [Video]