Imperial Projections
Subtitle: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (Arethusa Books)
Contributors: Sandra R. Joshel (Editor); Margaret Malamud (Editor); Donald T., Jr. McGuire (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780801867422
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of ideas, intellectual history; Media studies; Popular culture; Popular Culture - General; History; Ancient Rome - History; Special Subjects In Motion Pictures; History - General History; In motion pictures; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Rome; Film & Video - General; General; In literature
First sentence: Late April 2000: the actor Russell Crowe in gladiator garb struts across television, movie, and computer screens and graces trailers, advertisements, and the covers of many magazines on the newsstand that announce the May 5 opening of Ridley Scott's Gladiator, a "sword-and-sandal epic of the kind they didn't make anymore until he did," comments the New York Times (28 April 2000).