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Title The Roman arena [videorecording] / Time Watch ; a BBC production in association with Lionheart Television International, Inc.

Imprint

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], 1994.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
FSCC AV Room Videocassettes	V 937 Rom 1994	---	Missing

Description	1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Note	Originally produced in 1993.
Credits	Producer, Jonathan Stamp ; editor, Laurence Rees.
Performer	Narrator, Andrew Sachs ; extracts read by Martin Jarvis, Bob Peck.
Summary	Drawing on first-hand Roman accounts and modern research, this program traces the Roman origins of the use of violence as mass entertainment through the rise of the Roman arena and the Games associated with it.
System Details	VHS format.
Subject	Colosseum (Rome, Italy) -- History.
	Amusements -- Rome.
	Violence -- Rome.
	Games -- Rome -- Social aspects.
	Gladiators.
	Rome -- Social life and customs.
Added Author	British Broadcasting Corporation.
	Lionheart Television International, Inc.
	Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Added Title	Time Watch (Television program)