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Experiencing Rome [videorecording] : a visual exploration of antiquity's greatest empire by Tuck, Steven L.
Call Number: DVD NO.383
ISBN: 1598035193
Publication Date: 2009
36 lectures on the visual nature of ancient Rome & how it was able to communicate its civic & cultural values & project a knowledge of Roman power to every corner of the realm.
Rome : engineering an empire [videorecording]
Call Number: DVD NO.984
Publication Date: 2005
Using extensive state-of-the-art CGI animation this documentary chronicles the spectacular as well as sordid history of the Roman Empire from the rise of Julius Caesar in 55 BC to its fall around 537 AD.

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Moving Image Archive (Internet Archive)
Library of free movies, films & videos. Thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users ranging from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons & concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
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100s of short films in MPEG-2 format

Theatre in Video
Streaming video including documentaries & definitive performances of the world’s most important plays. Covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history. Includes interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors.

The Roman Empire From Augustus to The Fall of Rome
Trace the history of the Roman Empire from its foundation to its Golden Age in the 2nd century C.E. through ever-worsening crises and its ultimate disintegration.

ARTstor
Digital art images & descriptive information covering art, architecture & archaeology.

Ancient Rome: Images and Pictures
Over 240 photographs by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

Oxford Art Online
Access to subject entries, biographies, bibliographic citations, image links & images contained within Grove Art Online, as well as access to entries & images from the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Dictionary of Art Terms, and Oxford's Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.

VROMA :: Search the Image Archive
Images are freely available for all non-commercial use on the web. Credit should be given to the VRoma Project.
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