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# Eight Days That Made Rome [DVD]

**Brand:** bettany hughes
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- **What is this?** Eight Days That Made Rome [DVD] by bettany hughes
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Award-winning historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes presents a new eight-part landmark history of ancient Rome. Across the series we explore eight key days that she believes define the Roman Empire and help us to understand its remarkable success. In each episode Bettany travels across the Roman world, delving into the psyche and uncovering brand new archaeological evidence, while lavish drama brings the incredible story of Rome to life. The eight days include Rome s early defeat of her great rival Carthage under Hannibal, at the battle of Zama; a crucial moment and one of the most important battles in ancient history when Rome, an influential city-state becomes an unstoppable Empire. We also explore the day when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and set in motion a series of events which would ultimately culminate in the end of Rome s republic. The final episode looks at the day Constantine, close to death, was finally baptised as a Christian. It was here he made a final declaration of the spiritual allegiance that had a profound importance not just for the Empire, but for the future of the world. Episode 1: Hannibal's Last Stand Episode 2: The Spartacus Revolt Episode 3: Crossing the Rubicon Episode 4: Rome's First Emperor Episode 5: Boudica's Revenge Episode 6: The Downfall of Nero Episode 7: The Colosseum's Grand  Episode 8: The Rebirth of Rome

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great both to watch or simply to listen to.
*by R***T on 7 December 2023*

Excellent history.The narration is both pleasant to listen to and is very informative, easy paced and one comes away "on each day" with a good understanding of the event(s), the persons/ personalities involved, the political and military events, and outcomes.The product is very well filmed the locations take you right to the spot and the values of the series have been well set and maintained.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TV At Its Best!
*by D***S on 25 October 2019*

Well up to Bettany Hughes’ usual high level of presentation this is a series of eight separate pieces and whilst you might quibble about a one or more of the choices of specific days you cannot argue with the Hughes’ enthusiasm for her subject.If I had to have one criticism it would be the, to my mind, overenthusiastic use of re-enactors. Yes, they might bring some aspects of the episode to life but they are often historically inaccurately used, i.e. they are “out of period” and are inserted to, apparently, liven up the episode – something really not necessary, and the sections simply go on for too long.For a professional academic I have no doubt that there might be a criticism of a lack of balance in some parts of the presentation but these are NOT academic lectures but superb programmes for the general public. I have to say that I love Hughes’ presentation style; it does not talk down to you and instead you almost feel that you have a well-informed friend as a guide.Excellent entertainment, great history and well presented. TV doesn’t get any better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great video - let down by the audio
*by P***S on 6 September 2018*

The 8 episodes are great. Ver informative, and really you couldn't ask for more content by way of enactment. However, if you're looking for historical accuracy by way of reference to other academics or academic material, your sorely out of luck.Whilst each episode is worth the watch, several times over, you're never going to get a complete picture, as there is so much re-enactment, it actually gets in the way of telling the entire story. Like Spartacus (episode 2) where 15 minutes is given to actors playing Spartacus, is an episode lasting only 42 mins, so you actually gain more Knowledge watching the move than you do this documentary.Which is a shame, because this documentary is otherwise very good, if you leave out the silly enactments! But would I buy it again, yes. Could it have been made better? Yes! But I would still recommend!

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