Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story | Jim Carter, Emily Canfor-Dumas

Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story | Jim Carter, Emily Canfor-Dumas | History in action

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Pompeii - The Last...

	Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story Jim Carter, Emily Canfor-Dumas BBC Warner, 2005 average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Step back in time and visit the "vanished city" on its last day as the mighty volcano Vesuvius explodes in a 24-hour reign of terror. On August 24th AD79 Pompeii's citizens witness day turning into night as 4 billion tons of pumice rock and ash burst forth from Vesuvius. Pompeii: The Last Day uses archaeological evidence including the writings of one survivor to unravel the mystery of those final hours. Lavish special effects reconstruct each stage of Vesuvius's cataclysmic eruption and its impact on soldiers slaves families and lovers as they struggle with the unfolding tragedy. One of the greatest natural disasters - and most fateful days - comes to vivid life in this critically acclaimed dramatization.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 794051218025

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A Gladiator's Story a huge success

A Gladiator's Story has several great things going for it, but the strongest is its factually-based story. The cinematography captures the scenes wonderfully, without becoming a cheesy over-produced extravaganza. By incorporating simple Latin phrases in the dialog, the introductory Latin student is hooked, and the Roman life details help the viewer to identify with aspects of humanity (funerals, religion). A quick pace and frequent references to help the viewer understand the significance of the scenes make the story clear and enjoyable. As a Latin teacher, I used this in a unit with my 7th and 8th grade students who enjoyed it immeasurably. A winner!

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History in action

This is one of the best DVDs of its type I've ever seen. Tells the REAL story behind the tradegy at Pompeii. Extraordinarily interesting.
The accompanying Gladiator story is also worth watching if only because of the true story behind it and facts about gladiators I never knew before.

Another great documentary by the BBC

These two documentaries: Pompeii & Gladiator are based on facts and depict people who indeed lived and died in the events here described, the stories are based on documents from the period. Thru the years I have grown fond of the work produced by the BBC; I feel that they convey correctly the story and facts of the Roman Empire. I highly recommend you to buy this product.

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Very interesting

I bought this for a World Cultures class I teach in sixth grade. Instead of boring still pictures the dramatizations of the the last days of Pompeii kept the kids engaged and interested.

Underwhelmed

While it was nice to see the story of Pompeii and the accompanying gladiator documentary, it wasn't all that entertaining. Very much like the documentaries that can be seen on the History Channel. It was a nice touch to have the actors speak in Latin, but overall it was a fairly simplistic production.

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