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Treasures of Ancient Rome

Pomp and Perversion (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, History
Alistair elaborates how imperial art evolved, away from republican simplicity. Since Augustus, public art served to demonstrate the might of Rome and the emperor. The whole elite preferring private art, more refined and tailoring to their ...See moreAlistair elaborates how imperial art evolved, away from republican simplicity. Since Augustus, public art served to demonstrate the might of Rome and the emperor. The whole elite preferring private art, more refined and tailoring to their taste for shameless eroticism up to orgiastic debauchery and savage cruelty, both reflecting the excesses of the Julian first dynasty, from Tiberius and Caligula to Nero and Claudius, with stunning cameos and palatial lust villas. Shortly after came the golden age of grand emperors who completed the conquests, posing for the very grandest art as part of a true cults of deified emperors, and indulging in huge private luxury, culminating in Hadrian's Tiburtine complex. Written by KGF Vissers See less
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Director
Tim Dunn
Producer
Tim Dunn
Composer
John Leo Dutton
Cinematographer
Mark Hammond
Editor
Benjamin Stott
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Updated Sep 10, 2012
Release date
Sep 10, 2012 (United Kingdom)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Alastair Sooke
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
An Art Lovers' Guide (2017)
Richard Beacham
Self - The Oplontis Project Self - The Oplontis Project   See fewer
Technological Marvels of the Ancient World (2005)
Begona Cabada Sanz
Self - Fresco Artist Self - Fresco Artist   See fewer
Treasures of Ancient Rome (2012)
Giuseppina Ghini
Self - Archaeologist Self - Archaeologist   See fewer
Nemi, the Sunken Mystery of the Lake (2003)
Hernestus Gill
Self - Priest of Antinous Self - Priest of Antinous   See fewer
Treasures of Ancient Rome (2012)
Massimo Rossi
Self - Guardia di Finanza Self - Guardia di Finanza   See fewer
Treasures of Ancient Rome (2012)
Vito Zagarrio
Self - Film Director and Lecturer Self - Film Director and Lecturer   See fewer
Three Days of Anarchy (2005)
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