Ancient Rome
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There was cities that turned into deserts Who here likes to talk about the history of Rome? Great history 
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And the course of Dark Age history meant that the vast majority of Roman cities survived and are still lived in today...albeit in different forms...
Eh?
Although I did history degrees I never studied any Roman history so it was something I caught up with later in life
That was in the days when I was still reading books, which in itself seems like ancient history now...........
But to compensate for not reading we now have loads and loads of Ancient Rome documentaries on TV.............
If you don't know them - they're excellent!
I do believe I've seen them............but to be honest I'm not a fan of docu-dramas as a genre
I prefer straightforward documentaries
There's an excellent series of German documentaries about Rome that gets shown on one of the cable/satellite chancels with an English voiceover
There's loads of documentaries on the cable channels as well as the excellent BBC3
Normally I'd agree with you - sat through far TOO many docudramas spoiled by using TERRIBLE reenactors or poor production values or atrocious modern camera techniques...but that's what makes that particular BBC production so refreshingly different, the production values....
And of you look closely at credits of each "epsiode" the material is provided/written by one or more of THE preeminent modern historians on the subject...!
Me either. I detest them. Give me a good expert, like Mary Beard, just to go around the places and tell me about the history! Beard didn't really go into it much during the documentary on Caligula but the destruction of the Nemi Ships during World War Two was one of the biggest archaeological losses of the 20th century.
I enjoyed Alistair Sooke's series on the treasures of Rome once I got used to be his peculiar persona.
The Ciaran Hinds and James Purefoy one?
O god no!
THIS one...
"Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancient-Rome-Rise-Fall-Empire/dp/B000GY8Z2K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376000392&sr=8-2&keywords=%22Ancient+Rome%3A+The+Rise+And+Fall+Of+An+Empire%22
...and yes, that IS Frank Gallagher!!!
Computerised on the desert.
Ah yes, I have that on DVD. Not managed to watch it yet though.
Frank Gallagher always shocks me when he's not Frank Gallagher. I used to be convinced he was actually like that.
Ah, that would be the MARIAN era....:p
He started off OK winning all those elections but it went to his head and he eventually lost his marbles. His chums lost more
He did a good job with those mules though.
I'm no expert as I dip in and out of learning about Roman history, but I enjoyed Mary Beard's show from BBC2 as it didn't show the usual Emperors stuff, more about the life of the normal people. Discovery have done lots that are available on DVD, they tend to lean towards particular periods so it depends what part you are most interested in.
If you want to move to books at any point (which are better in my opinion) I'm currently enjoying Michael Grants History of Rome. Covers pretty much all of it.
Yes, but as I noted the BBC series I mentioned was written by the leading historians in each Roman field!
And different people want their "history" on different platforms and media