Winkler The Fall of the Roman Empire

Film and History
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-58981-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensiveappreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire fromhistorical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The bookalso provides the principal classical sources on the period. It isa companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004)and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) andcompletes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood'sgreatest films about Roman history.
* A critical re-evaluation of the 1964 epic film The Fall ofthe Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann, fromhistorical, film-historical, and contemporary points of view
* Presents a collection of scholarly essays and classical sourceson the period of Roman history that ancient and modern historianshave considered to be the turning point toward the eventual fall ofRome
* Contains a short essay by director Anthony Mann
* Includes a map of the Roman Empire and film stills, as well astranslations of the principal ancient sources, an extensivebibliography, and a chronology of events

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winkler, Martin M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Martin M. Winkler is Professor of Classics at George Mason University. He is the editor of Gladiator (Blackwell, 2004), Spartacus (Blackwell, 2007) and Troy (Blackwell, 2006) and the author of The Roman Salute (2009) and Cinema and Classical Texts (2009). He has also published numerous articles on Roman literature and filmic retellings of classical and medieval history and myth.