Rome, Season One: History Makes Television

Notes on Contributors.

Episode Guide.

Introduction (Monica S. Cyrino).

1 Televising Antiquity: From You Are There to Rome (Jon Solomon).

2 Making History in Rome: Ancient vs. Modern Perspectives (W. Jeffrey Tatum).

3 What I Learned as an Historical Consultant for Rome (Kristina Milnor).

4 Rome’s Opening Titles: Triumph, Spectacle and Desire (Holly Haynes).

5 The Fog of War: The Army in Rome (Lee L. Brice).

6 Caesar’s Soldiers: The Pietas of Vorenus & Pullo (Brian Cooke).

7 Becoming Augustus: The Education of Octavian (Barbara Weiden Boyd).

8 "Not Some Cheap Murder": Caesar’s Assassination (Alison Futrell).

9 Women’s Politics in the Streets of Rome (Antony Augoustakis).

10 Atia and the Erotics of Authority (Monica S. Cyrino).

11 Her First Roman: A Cleopatra for Rome (Gregory N. Daugherty).

12 Gowns and Gossip: Gender and Class Struggle in Rome (Margaret M. Toscano).

13 The Gender Gap: Religious Spaces in Rome (J. Mira Seo).

14 Staging Interiors in Rome's Villas (Alena Allen).

15 Latin in the Movies and Rome (Ward Briggs).

16 Spectacle of Sex: Bodies on Display in Rome (Stacie Raucci).

17 Vice is Nice: Rome and Deviant Sexuality (Anise K. Strong).

Bibliography.

Index.