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How have films like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator, or even a satire like Monty Python’s Life of Brian created our popular perceptions of ancient Roman history? In what ways have they led us astray? And why, despite the occasional box-office flop, do movies set in ancient Rome still have the power to captivate us, and to turn each of us into theater-going history buffs?
In these 12 lectures, an award-winning historian gives you a front-row look at the great movies that have shaped ancient Rome’s role in popular culture and memory. Packed with insights into both history and filmmaking, this series immerses you in the glory and grandeur (and, sometimes, the folly) of classic and contemporary films featuring over 50 years of cinematic talent, including directors like Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott and actors such as Elizabeth Taylor and Russell Crowe.
You’ll investigate portrayals of ancient Roman life on the big screen and small screen; learn how to tease out fact from fiction in some of Hollywood’s most stunning spectacles; and deepen your appreciation for films that, when made right, can be thrilling time machines into the past. Some films you may already be a fan of; other films you might have only heard of in passing. But all of them are essential to a well-rounded understanding of the intricate relationship between the world of ancient Rome and the world of the movies.
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The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome
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- Narrado por: Gregory S. Aldrete
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The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome traces the breathtaking history from the empire’s foundation by Augustus to its Golden Age in the 2nd century CE through a series of ever-worsening crises until its ultimate disintegration. Taught by acclaimed Professor Gregory S. Aldrete of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, these 24 captivating lectures offer you the chance to experience this story like never before, incorporating the latest historical insights that challenge our previous notions of Rome’s decline.
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Gregory S. Aldrete is a treasure
- De Laurel Tucker en 02-04-19
De: Gregory S. Aldrete, y otros
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Lost Art: The Stories of Missing Masterpieces
- De: Noah Charney, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Noah Charney
- Duración: 5 h y 59 m
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Imagine a Museum of Lost Art. If this imaginary museum contained just the artwork we knew was lost— whether from theft, purposeful destruction, vandalism, war, or the forces of nature—it would still contain more masterpieces than those in all the world’s current museums combined. Imagine that! In Lost Art: The Stories of Missing Masterpieces, art historian Noah Charney guides you through just such an imaginary museum. In 12 fascinating lectures, you will hear the stories behind the theft and/or destruction of some of the world’s most famous pieces of art.
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Fascinating series, but flawed last lecture?
- De Nancy en 11-24-23
De: Noah Charney, y otros
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Getting Your Legal House in Order
- De: Sally Hurme, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Sally Hurme
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
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The law impacts nearly every aspect of our lives, yet we seldom stop to reflect on the tools, documents, and procedures that allow our society to function. Property and contracts, insurance and credit, taxes and estate planning: These issues may be intimidating, but getting on top of your legal affairs is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. The good news is that a few simple concepts, a little organization, and some step-by-step planning can help you get your legal life into the best shape possible.
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Practical and Use Advice
- De Tri Le en 02-03-21
De: Sally Hurme, y otros
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Rise of the Novel
- Exploring History’s Greatest Early Works
- De: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Leo Damrosch
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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Thousands of novels are published around the world every year. There are so many readily available, it would take multiple lifetimes for a single person to even read a fraction of them. But it hasn’t always been that way. While humans have always been storytellers, the novel as we recognize it today is a relatively new art form in the timeline of human culture. Of all the ways we tell stories, why has the novel become such a perennial favorite? How did the novel go from a narrative experiment with a low-brow reputation to a cultural touchstone and focal point of modern literature?
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the more I read the further behind I get
- De Bruce en 02-08-22
De: Leo Damrosch, y otros
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The Iliad of Homer
- De: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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For thousands of years, Homer's ancient epic poem the
Iliad has enchanted readers from around the world. When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people. Her compelling 12-lecture look at this literary masterpiece -whether it's the work of many authors or the "vision" of a single blind poet - makes it vividly clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the
Iliad remains not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told but also one of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written.
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Vandiver never disappoints
- De Machteacher en 07-23-13
De: Elizabeth Vandiver, y otros
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The American Civil War
- De: Gary W. Gallagher, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gary W. Gallagher
- Duración: 24 h y 37 m
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Between 1861 and 1865, the clash of the greatest armies the Western hemisphere had ever seen turned small towns, little-known streams, and obscure meadows in the American countryside into names we will always remember. In those great battles, those streams ran red with blood-and the United States was truly born.
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Excellent Series
- De Rodney en 07-09-13
De: Gary W. Gallagher, y otros
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The Real History of Pirates
- De: Professor Manushag N. Powell, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Manushag N. Powell
- Duración: 11 h
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There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomedes. The great conqueror decided to interview the doomed pirate, asking him what he thought gave him the right to seize the property of other people. The pirate responded by asking the emperor what he thought gave him the right to take property that doesn’t belong to him, including entire countries. The story goes that Alexander thought the pirate very clever, granting him freedom instead of execution.
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Not an intro, but some interesting perspective
- De N. D. Hemingway en 06-21-21
De: Professor Manushag N. Powell, y otros
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The Rise of Modern Japan
- De: Mark J. Ravina, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Mark J. Ravina
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
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Noted Japan expert Professor Mark J. Ravina of the University of Texas at Austin covers the politics, economics, and culture of the island nation since World War II - a conflict that saw the end of Japan’s dream of regional conquest, which Professor Ravina calls Empire 1.0. The country’s postwar leaders radically changed course, renouncing a strong military to pursue Empire 2.0 - Japan as an economic colossus.
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A great introduction to modern Japan
- De nonrachitect en 12-22-21
De: Mark J. Ravina, y otros
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Communism in Power
- From Stalin to Mao
- De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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Trace the growth of communism from Stalin’s consolidation of power to the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao. These 12 half-hour lessons shed intriguing light on a revolutionary movement that played an outsized role in the 20th century and continues to shape 21st-century geopolitics.
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A book of grudges
- De Axel D. Magnuson en 05-09-23
De: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, y otros
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A Courtly History: Romance in the 19th Century
- De: Stephanie Insley Hershinow, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Stephanie Insley Hershinow
- Duración: 2 h y 46 m
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The rituals and pageantry of courtship in the 19th century can seem foreign to us today. Some of us may look back and see a more romantic age, while others will see a minefield of strict rules and stuffy protocol. Either way you look at it, it was worlds away from what dating is in the 21st century. In the six lessons of A Courtly History: Romance in the 19th Century, Professor Stephanie Insley Hershinow gives you a look at the complex and ever-evolving rules of romance in 19th-century Britain. Along the way, you will see why this fascinating era keeps drawing us back to novels and Netflix.
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So much fun!
- De ArianaAZ en 03-16-24
De: Stephanie Insley Hershinow, y otros
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Sleep and Folklore in Popular Culture
- De: Dr. Franziska Kohlt, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Dr. Franziska Kohlt
- Duración: 3 h y 11 m
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In this eye-opening six-part series, Dr. Franziska Kohlt looks at the concept of dreams through the lens of the stories that feature them. You’ll visit the enchanted slumbering land of Sleeping Beauty and the dark and mysterious realm of The Sandman. You’ll explore the ironic dreaming devices of Slaughterhouse-Five; the trippy, fantastical world of Alice in Wonderland; and many more on the quest to deconstruct the symbolism and intent of the dreams that are part of the narrative—or even, in some cases, that are characters in the narrative.
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Lots of information, but...
- De Mariam en 10-12-22
De: Dr. Franziska Kohlt, y otros
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The Rise of Rome
- De: The Great Courses, Gregory S. Aldrete
- Narrado por: Gregory S. Aldrete
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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The Roman Republic is one of the most breathtaking civilizations in world history. Between roughly 500 BCE to the turn of the millennium, a modest city-state developed an innovative system of government and expanded into far-flung territories across Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. This powerful civilization inspired America's founding fathers, gifted us a blueprint for amazing engineering innovations, left a vital trove of myths, and has inspired the human imagination for 2,000 years.
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Very good, but doesn't stand out
- De Christopher en 02-08-18
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The Science of Extreme Weather
- De: Eric R. Snodgrass, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Eric R. Snodgrass
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
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Thanks to an ongoing revolution in the science of meteorology, we can now understand how extreme weather conditions arise, produce far more accurate forecasts, and know how to protect ourselves when dangerous conditions develop. The Science of Extreme Weather is your field guide to the worst that Earth’s atmosphere can inflict. In 24 exciting, informative, and potentially life-saving half-hour lectures aimed at weather novices and amateur forecasters alike, you gain a surprisingly powerful tool in the face of such overwhelming forces: knowledge.
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Interesting, but an absolute mess of a recording
- De Keith en 01-10-19
De: Eric R. Snodgrass, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome
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- Lenina Huxley
- 01-10-22
Entertaining and insightful
I've always wondered if the battle scene at the beginning of Gladiator was historically accurate. I now know the answer to the question after listening to this series of lectures.
This course offers a very informative and interesting look at movies about Rome and pivotal moments in Roman history. Each lecture is long enough to be detailed and thoughtful but never so long it becomes tedious or redundant.
I disagreed a bit with his conclusions on sci-fi inspired by Rome. He misses the point about Christianity in Star Trek's 'Bread and Circuses' and I think his thesis on The Matrix is a stretch, but these are quibbles.
I'm now going to have to look up the movies discussed and re-watch them with a new perspective -- one rooted in actual history.
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- Gilbert M. Stack
- 04-02-22
This Is a Good One
This is the sort of book that puts the “great” in the “Great Courses”. Aldrete looks at more than ten movies focused on Ancient Rome and uses them to teach us little bits of trivia about the ancient republic and empire. Along the way, he also tells us many interesting facts about the making of the movies. Some (most) are blockbusters like Ben Hur, but he goes to the other extreme as well looking at Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Overall, this is just a very fun book.
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- LJLee
- 08-05-24
Interesting
I always try to rate based on how accurate the description/stated goal is. This is literally a historian taking us through the movies and discussing the historical accuracy and societal reflections of that era. I found it fascinating.
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- Mark
- 02-02-20
A Great Audio Course
Listeners may worry that by choosing the audio format of this course they'll be missing out on some spectacular visuals. After viewing a free sample lecture from this series, I can assure you that audio is all you need. Licensing fees probably made it prohibitively expensive for The Great Courses to include clips (or even stills) in their video, so a professor speaking to the camera is pretty much all you will see.
Whichever version you choose, this is an exceptional course. Professor Aldrete clearly loves these movies and offers much more than a simple rehearsal of what filmmakers got right or wrong. What I enjoyed most were his analyses of how modern politics and social concerns have influenced cinematic depictions of Ancient Rome. He also does a fine job tracing the rise, fall and renaissance of the sword-and-sandals genre from its inception to the present. When I watch these movies again, it will be with a much deeper appreciation and understanding.
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- Mom-Unit
- 06-28-24
Fascinating evaluations!
The “Battlestar Galactica” theme music starting each chapter, lol! Could use an update chapter as the latest movies mentioned are “the Hunger Games”. Great reader.
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- LMIBroad
- 06-26-20
Please tell me this is the beginning of a series
Very well done. As a film buff with a degree in history, I was hooked. I hope this is the beginning of A Historian goes to the Movies: The Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt, etc.
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- K. R. Medina
- 06-01-22
one of the best!
I have dozens of Great Courses, but I must say this was one of my favorites.
The combination of history and escapism really made me happy.
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- Loki of Jotunheim
- 03-12-22
Enjoyable, and I don’t even like violent history
I picked this title up because it was a Great Courses series and it was included in Audible Plus’ library. However, it was not exactly my cup of tea to begin with. War and violence are not my favorite topics. I do enjoy social history and I was surprise to find how much of it I found in this lecture. You will learn just as much about how Romans lived as you will about how they fought. For a title I got for free. I am pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it.
The performance was great and the professor spoke in an engaging tone! However, he was a bit fast for me and I slowed it down so I could understand him better. I do not fault him for this, but it might make the performance a bit harder to follow for some. Just slow it down and you will enjoy it.
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- abnheel
- 11-28-23
Interesting
I like some of the perspectives from a historians view and also back story to how films were made or why certain concepts weren't done a specific way (design, cast, scenes, etc). Good course for anyone a big fan of Rome and portrayal in movies
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- Walter
- 02-04-24
great!
viable for those who want to understand the references of movies but also those who want to deepen their knowledge about the Romans. easy to understand, informative and entertaining.
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