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