The fall of the Roman Empire : film and history

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The fall of the Roman Empire : film and history

edited by Martin M. Winkler

Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensive appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire from historical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The book also provides the principal classical sources on the period. It is a companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004) and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) and completes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood's greatest films about Roman history. A critical re-evaluation of the 1964 epic film The Fall of the Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann, from historical, film-historical, and contemporary points of view Presents a collection of scholarly essays and classical sources on the period of Roman history that ancient and modern historians have considered to be the turning point toward the eventual fall of Rome Contains a short essay by director Anthony Mann Includes a map of the Roman Empire and film stills, as well as translations of the principal ancient sources, an extensive bibliography, and a chronology of events

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List of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors ix Editor's Preface xii 1. A Critical Appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire 1 Martin M. Winkler 2. History, Ancient and Modern, in The Fall of the Roman Empire 51 Allen M. Ward 3. Marcus Aurelius: The Empire Over Himself 89 Diskin Clay 4. Was Commodus Really That Bad? 102 Eleonora Cavallini 5. East and West in The Fall of the Roman Empire 117 Jan Willem Drijvers 6. Empire Demolition 130 Anthony Mann 7. Excerpts from the American Souvenir Program of The Fall of the Roman Empire 136 1. A Prologue by Will Durant 137 2. The Roman Forum: In Ruins Today . . . and Re-Created 139 3. An Epilogue 143 8. Edward Gibbon and The Fall of the Roman Empire 145 Martin M. Winkler 9. Fact, Fiction, and the Feeling of History 174 Martin M. Winkler 10. Peace and Power in The Fall of the Roman Empire 225 Ward W. Briggs, Jr. 11. The Politics of The Fall of the Roman Empire 241 Peter W. Rose 12. Excerpts from Edward Gibbon 262 1. Marcus Aurelius and His Time 262 2. The Auction of the Empire 266 The Chief Ancient Sources on Marcus Aurelius 271 1. Cassius Dio 271 2. The Augustan History: Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher 282 3. Herodian 298 Chronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Marcus Aurelius 302 Bibliography 305 Index 327

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