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The Wealth of the Roman World

Date released

24 Apr 1977

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2499

NoS ID

030976

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Wealth of the Roman World (An Exhibition of Gold & Silver From Roman Times). DESCRIPTION: An exhibition at the British Museum displays the gold and silver Treasures of the Roman...

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Rome: Empire Without Limit (2016)

aka: Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

Subject

Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 235 minutes), £14.99

Mary Beard presents a four part investigation into ancient Rome, exploring the myths and origins of the city, the physical world of the Roman Empire, identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire and,...

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"An Ancient Tale New Told" (2020 Audio)

aka: Episode 146

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast hosted by Barbara Bogaev in which she interviews Sir Jonathan Bate about his book, How the Classics Made Shakespeare, which looks at the original Greek and Roman sources that inspired Shakespeare’s...

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New additions to the Moving Image Gateway

Date

29 May 2013, 15:25

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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Hadrian: Empire and Conflict (2008)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £17.99

An exploration of the legacy of Hadrian, who ruled the Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138. The DVD includes, in addition to the 40 minute film, four video podcasts and a gallery of images. The DVD was produced...

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Roman War Machine, The (2 Parts) (1999 Video)

Producer

Charlie Maday

Subject

Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 100 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 each (inclusive)

Series using dramatised re-enactments, graphics and computer animations to tell the story of the army of the Roman Empire: 1) First Our Neighbours, Then the World; 2) Roman versus Roman; 3) Roman Seige...

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Roman Invasions of Britain, The (2004)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £10.99

The story of the dark final years of ancient Britain when the Roman Conquest destroyed its Celtic occupiers in the name of broadening their already swelling empire. The programme uses re-enactments,...

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Time Team: On the Edge of the Empire (1994 Video)

aka: On the Edge of Empire

Director

Graham Dixon

Producer

Tim Taylor

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Follows the discovery of new archaeological details of the Roman frontier site of Ribchester in Lancashire, part of the northern frontier for the first hunderd years of Roman rule in Britain. The team finds...

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Hadrian’s Wall: The Edge of Empire (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Hadrian’s Wall: The Edge of Empire

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at Hadrian’s Wall, the most famous landmark of Roman Britain, asking how and why it was built and what its true purpose was. Guy de la Bédoyère travels the length of the wall meeting...

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Edge of Empire (1995 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

In a journey along the 73 miles of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, Sir Eric Robson tells the story of the wall and the people connected with it: Iron Age farmers and diplomats, Roman shopkeepers and...

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