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HBO‐BBC series Rome ‐ antidote to the Fog of WarThe Roman Army in FilmSound and Fury: Pitched BattlesBeyond the Battle: Camp LifeNotesdoi:10.1002/9781444301540.ch5Lee L. BriceBlackwell Publishing Ltd.BRICE Lee L., « The Fog of War: The Army in Rome », in Rome Season One: ...
In The Loopis an expletive-filled masterclass in modern political satire, saying fuckety-bye to New Labour with one last cinematic kick to the balls. Essentially a spin-off of the equally hilarious BBC sitcomThe Thick of It, it shares many of the same characters, most notably...
Civil War and Barbarian Invasion – Civil war broke out in Italy and the smaller Roman army had to focus all of its attention there, leaving the borders wide open for the barbarians to attack and invade. Barbarian bandits made travel in the empire unsafe and merchants could not get goods to...
In this gritty screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the heroic and ruthless king, Henry V of England (Kenneth Branagh) determines to lay claim to the kingdom of France. Henry's self-doubt and the diminished morale of his army stand in the way of a victory that would unite the ...
Ismail Enver, also known as Ismail Pascià or Enver Pashaor Enver Bey (Istanbul, 1881–1922), the Minister of War, de facto Commander of the Ottoman Army and Commander of the Third Army in Eastern Anatolia, leader of the Young Turks, had a leading role in the last period of the Otto...
The Roman emperor Caesar Augustus—not a believer in God—unknowingly carried out holy purpose [2]. Our Lord can and does use the most unlikely people; we mustn’t underestimate his influence and power. An Unlikely Invitation by Alexander Laureus, 1815 Neither the powers of Rome nor the pries...
Twenty-seven years after the war, with France liberated and the French Army settling back into its pre-war routines, the paperwork for the award of the Croix de Guerre medal was located and Al Schak was finally decorated. The citation read in part, Private Schak, still in his teens, cam...
Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) claims the rare carbon-fiber hypercar. He brags, in the movie, that his car is the fastest car in the world and one of only four ever made. Death Proof Billed as a “crash course in revenge,” 'Death Proof' is another foray into cinema by the renowned ...
(BBC Press Release) Ciaran Hinds, Kevin McKidd and Lindsay Duncan head a cast of top British acting talent in Rome, the BBC/HBO blockbuster epic drama series that chronicles the rise of the ancient Roman Empire through the eyes of two foot soldiers. ...