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An unparalleled exploration of films set in Ancient Rome, from the silent Cleopatra to the modern rendition of Ben-Hur. No sooner had the dazzling new technology of cinema been invented near the end of the 19th century than filmmakers immediately turned to ancient history for inspiration. Nero, Cleopatra, Caesar, and more all found their way to the silver screen and would return again and again in the decades that followed. But just how accurate were these depictions of Ancient Rome? In Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen: Myth versus Reality, Gregory S. Aldrete and Graham Sumner provide a fascinating examination of 50 films set in Ancient Rome, analyzing each for its historical accuracy of plot, characters, costumes and sets. They also divulge insights into the process of making each movie and the challenges the filmmakers faced in bringing the Roman world to vivid cinematic life. Beginning with the classics from the dawn of cinema, through the great golden age of sword-and-sandals flicks in the 1950s, to the dramatic epics of the modern day, Aldrete and Sumner test the authenticity of Hollywood's version of history. Featuring remarkable custom-made paintings depicting characters as they appeared in film and how they should have appeared if they were historically correct, Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen delivers an invaluable perspective of film and history. This unique collaboration between professional illustrator and award-winning Roman historian offers a deeper understanding of modern cinema and brings Roman history to life.

Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures. --- Historical films --- History and criticism. --- Rome --- In motion pictures. --- Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures --- History and criticism

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The volume explores two essential terms to describe historical and cultural change: "transformation" and "allelopoiesis," using seven specific examples that range from ancient Babylon to today’s Hollywood. The essays analyze the applicability and interdisciplinary relevance of work from the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) "Transformations of Antiquity." Wie transformiert die Antike nach-antikes Wissen - und wie wird sie selbst in diesem Prozess transformiert? Welche Akteure und Verfahren bestimmen die Transformation, und was ist ihr Ergebnis? In diesem Band unterziehen Geistes- und SozialwissenschaftlerInnen die Konzepte der Transformation und Allelopoiese in der Beschreibung historischen und kulturellen Wandels einer Anwendungsprüfung. In sieben Debatten - vom antiken Babylon bis nach Hollywood, und von der Kunstgeschichte bis zur Politischen Theorie - werden die Forschungsergebnisse des Sonderforschungsbereichs „Transformationen der Antike" auf ihre Anwendbarkeit und Anschlussfähigkeit hin geprüft. Antike als Transformation stellt so das dynamische Nachleben der Antike zur Debatte, analysiert aber auch die grundlegende Herausforderung einer Beschreibung kulturellen Wandels.

Civilization, Ancient --- Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures. --- Influence. --- Antiquity. --- Transformation of antiquity. --- reception of antiquity.

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In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in question, ranging from historical and mythological epics to adaptations of ancient drama, burlesques, cartoons and documentaries, suggest a fascination with the ancient world that competes in intensity and breadth with that of Hollywood's classical era. What contribution did antiquity make to the development of early cinema? How did early cinema's representations affect modern understanding of antiquity? Existing prints as well as ephemera scattered in film archives and libraries around the world constitute an enormous field of research. This extensively illustrated edited collection is a first systematic attempt to focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in twentieth-century conceptions of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.

Historical films --- Silent films --- Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Le péplum est un cinéma de mauvais genre. Il raconte des histoires qui se déroulent en des temps mythiques ou lointains. Il chante les exploits de héros bodybuildés et d'héroïnes chastement dévêtues. Genre populaire et familial, il est obligé de tortiller de la caméra pour raconter les amours bibliques, les orgies romaines, les empereurs fous et les impératrices lubriques - sans choquer personne mais quand même. Et pourtant, souvent faits avec trois francs six sous, tournés à la va-vite dans des décors de carton-pâte, troussant la muse de l'Histoire pour en montrer les dessous affriolants, ces films révèlent une autre Antiquité, sortie des manuels poussiéreux. Une Antiquité en technicolor et en relief, une Antiquité doublement vivante : à la fois parce qu'elle illustre nos fantasmes et parce qu'en voulant raconter le passé, elle nous parle en fait du présent.

Peplum films History and criticism --- Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures --- Civilisation ancienne au cinéma --- Civilisation ancienne au cinéma --- Péplums --- Civilisation antique --- Histoire et critique --- Au cinéma

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Examines representations of ancient epic and epic conventions in film and television.

Epic films --- Motion pictures and literature. --- Television and literature. --- Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures. --- Civilization, Ancient, on television. --- Epic literature --- History and criticism. --- Adaptations