Popular Imagination vs Historical Reality: What does HBO’s Rome Reveal about the Practice of History?
This paper is as much about history and popular imagination as it is about historical films. It argues that it is not historical accuracy or film as historical evidence that matters, but the historical questions and debates that film raises for its audience and the historical profession regarding the past it presents and its implication on history.
The Persistence of Vision and Rear-View Mirror of ‘Spartacus’
Spartacus, the perennially misunderstood television series, has just completed its consistently spectacular run with a triumphant finale.
Spartacus Mythistoricus: Winning Spartacus into the Mythical
The Spartacus represented in these media is not the same Spartacus that the ancient sources wrote about. The representation of Spartacus’ history has changed dramatically over the course of time and has, in fact,
Intrigue, Blood, and Naked Breasts: Strategies of the Epic Series on Premium Cable
The epic, in particular the sword-