Roman city

DVD - 2006

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in this Emmy Award-winning animated and live-action video. Roman City recounts life in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern conveniences, Verbonia is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered. Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome, to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.

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Genres
Documentary television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
English
Corporate Author
Unicorn Projects, Inc
Corporate Author
Unicorn Projects, Inc (production company)
Other Authors
Mark Olshaker, 1951- (screenwriter), Derek Jacobi (voice actor), Ian McKellen (-), Brian Blessed, John Sessions, 1953-, Sophie Thompson, 1962-, Geoffrey Matthews, David Macaulay
Item Description
Originally produced in 1994.
Based on David Macaulay's book City : a Story of Roman Planning and Construction (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1974).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC, region 1; stereo.
Production Credits
Animation produced and directed by Bob Kurtz ; music, Richard Einhorn ; animation by Kurtz and Friends ; live action by Unicorn Projects, Inc ; cinematographer, Mike Fox ; editor, Milton Spencer.
ISBN
9780793691173
  • Introduction: Layout of a city
  • Conquest and occupation of the native peoples of Gaul
  • Water delivery: aqueducts and bathhouses
  • Corruption and rebellion in the provinces
  • Wealthy and working class cities
  • Removing local rebellion and corruption
  • Spectator events
  • Threat against Caesar
  • Total vision of life
  • Credits.