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	The Fall of the Roman Empire (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 film starring Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), James Mason (Timonides), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Mel Ferrer (Cleander), Omar Sharif (Armenia's King) and Finlay Currie (Senator).
		It also depicts the debate the Romans were confronted with concerning the Barbarians, whether to fight and maintain cultural superiority but possibly lose everything, or give in to their demands in the face of overwhelming numbers, but still maintain independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire_(movie) (303 words)

	Decline of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The decline of the Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire, is a historical term of periodization which describes the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
		Heather maintains the Roman imperial system with its sometimes violent imperial transitions and problematic communications notwithstanding, was in fairly good shape during the first, second, and part of the third centuries A.D. According to Heather, the first real indication of trouble was the emergence in Iran of the Sassaniad Persian empire (226-651).
		In contrast with the "declining empire" theories, historians such as Arnold J. Toynbee and James Burke argue that the Roman Empire itself was a rotten system from its inception, and that the entire Imperial era was one of steady decay of its institutions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire (2707 words)

	On the Fall of Empires
		By the end of the Empire, Roman citizens were loathe to join the legions and defend their country.
		The date for the fall of the Roman Empire is commonly noted as 476 A. The year a Germanic mercenary commanding Roman armies deposed the last, enfeebled Roman Emperor.
		The end of the Roman Empire was also the end of the ancient world, and the rise of a monotheistic religion known as Christianity.
	www.opednews.com /piraino_on_the_fall_of_empires.htm (1902 words)

	Rome and Romania, Roman Emperors, Byzantine Emperors, etc.
		Decius and Herennius were killed in battle by the Goths in 251 -- the only Roman Emperors to die in battle (against external enemies) besides Julian (against the Persians, 363), Valens (against the Goths again, 378), Nicephorus I (against the Bulgars, 811), and Constantine XI (with the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, 1453).
		This was the end of Roman Gaul, 541 years after Caesar had completed its conquest in 56 BC -- or perhaps 531 years since the defeat, capture, and death of the rebel Vercingetorix in 46 BC.
		The final fall of Ravenna to the Lombards in 751 led to the intervention of the Franks in Italy, at the urging of the Pope.
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	Decline and Fall of the Roman Empires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Despite all of this, it cannot be denied that from the mid 4th century to the mid 8th century the Roman Empire in Western Europe declined and fell, then rose again and gradually fizzled out, only to be reinvented by Charlemagne and Pope Leo III in 800.
		In 358, Julian was the Caesar of the Western Roman Empire (that is, he was the deputy to the Augustus in Constantinople, who was his uncle Constantius).
		In 1230 the Despotate of Epirus was badly defeated by the Bulgarians, and the Empire of Nicaea became the clear leader.
	www.cit.gu.edu.au /~s285238/Roman/Decline&Fall.html (3193 words)

	FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE [Free Republic]
		FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE by Edward Gibbons (1776-1788)
		Or you might even say the Empire lasted until A.D.1453 (the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks); after all, the Eastern Roman Empire was the "legitimate heir" to the throne.
		To be exact, it is "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".
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	Roman History Timeline
		In 451 he was met on the Plains of Chalons by the allied Romans under Actius and the Visigoths under Theodoric and Thorismond, who overcame the Huns and averted the peril that menaced Western civilization.
		Augustulus was banished to exile in a castle in the provinces.
		He is often considered to be the last Roman emperor of the western Roman empire.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/RomanLinks/Roman_History_Timeline2.html (1353 words)

	Movie Info for The Fall of the Roman Empire on MSN Movies
		Though Fall of the Roman Empire is now infamous as the epic which destroyed the cinematic "empire" of producer Samuel Bronston, the film is actually an above-average historical drama, attempting to make sense of the political intrigues which resulted in the dissolution of the Glory That Was Rome.
		The film begins with wise, diplomatic emperor Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) calling together the various representatives of the many nations within the Empire as a means of securing peace and prosperity for all involved.
		Attempting to find a common ground between history buffs and action fans, Fall of the Roman Empire has come to be regarded as a classic.
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		The History of the Roman Empire game works at the best with four player, but is possible play it with three or two players, and no player will be eliminate during the entire game.
		The History of Roman Empire game is not strictly “historical” but offers a great lot of flavour about this, with its 42 roman emperors or pretenders and 34 peoples and kingdoms, recreating the struggle between legions, like civil war, and against the barbarians.
		The History of the Roman Empire game especially works for fun, the rules are quite simple but, every turn the players must take decisions about which emperor wish became, which barbarian people controls, and where found new cities.
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	The Fall Of Rome Was By Barbarians - Ancient Roman Empire Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		For the Romans, the story of the slave revolt was an awful warning: it suggested that a society built on the backs of slaves might one day be overthrown by them.
		Unfortunately, one could argue that serfdom in the post Roman dark age era was a lesser position than that of a slave in the Imperial era.
		Had the roman's stuck to their old ways and kept all the vital work inhouse, manning their armies with their own people, farming their own fields, perhaps they would of stayed a vibrant, republican minded state.
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	Gladiator
		The problem with the movie was not bad acting, it had a good screenplay but mediocre roles for the actor's to deal with and even worst lines.
		However, The Gladiator failed to address the downhill slide the empire took due to corruption of government as The Fall did address in just a few seconds in the final moments of the movie when Steve Boyd declines the offer to become Caesar and the title is then sold to the highest bidder.
		In both movies, Lucilla is portrayed as kind and righteous whereas in real life she was power hungry, promiscuous and her brother's antagonist from the start.
	www.allaboutstephenboyd.com /gladiator.htm (805 words)

	The Blog \| Sheldon Drobny: The Fall of the American Empire: The Movie \| The Huffington Post
		In my fictional movie, the people have had a peaceful overthrow of the criminal executive branch of the government and have called for a new constitutional convention to reorganize the branches of government.
		The main focus of the movie would be the war crimes trials of the media owners and their spokespersons that propagandized this country over several decades.
		Romans were around for a hell of a lot longer, and they did so because they led the world in many fields.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /sheldon-drobny/the-fall-of-the-american-_b_14735.html (3209 words)

	The Fall of the Roman Empire : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But before set was torn down, Roman scholors did make visits to it, I did too but in 1971 and by that time it was gone.(a heart breaker!!) I also remember a few words from the Time mag.
		The film is highlighted with spectacular scenes (a grandiose funeral fit for an emperor, brutal battles in the provinces as the barbarians threaten the empire, and a climactic duel to decide the destiny of Rome), which Mann weaves into the shadowy intrigue of the halls of power.
		Like his previous epic El Cid, The Fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the best of the 1960s epics: well written (and largely historically accurate) with strong performances and a consistently elegant style, but it lacks a central core and the magnetic hero of its superior predecessor.
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	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The movie, being produced by Dino De Laurentis and Raffaella De Laurentis and directed by Doug Lefler, is based on author Valerio Massimo Manfredi’s 2003 novel of the same name.
		The movie is set against the fall of the Roman Empire in 470AD and centres on its last emperor, 12-year-old Romulus Augustus, played by Thomas Sangster.
		Aishwarya accompanies this small band of Roman soldiers whose mission is to restore the glory of the Roman Empire.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=18836 (361 words)

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		Many factors led to the decline of the Roman Empire - too many, in fact, to cover adequately in a 187-minute feature - but Mann focuses on the political power shift that eventually resulted in the invasion of the Barbarians and the rise of Christianity, two factors which ended Roman domination of the civilized world.
		The power struggle between Commodus and Livius culminates in the latter leading the Barbarians against the Romans with a decisive javelin duel to the death between the emperor and his former army commander.
		Omar Sharif, who plays her husband in The Fall of the Roman Empire, recalled in his autobiography, The Eternal Male, that during the six-month shoot they often played poker in the evenings even though she was a bad sport and didn't like to lose.
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	Amazon.com: The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Franco loved movies, but apparently never realised that the film he helped making was a critical metaphore of what he was, the "ideology" that he stood (or he pretended he did) for.
		There are those who think this film holds the record for most extras in a movie and while that might have been true at the time "The Fall of the Roman Empire" was made, Sir Richard Attenborough had 3,000,000 extras for the funeral scene in "Gandhi" in 1980.
		Released one year after "Cleopatra," Anthony Mann's "Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) is not a great film, but is noteworthy for the quality of the production, the assemblege of a splendid cast, and the fact it truly signified the end of an era in filmmaking.
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	DVD Times - The Fall Of The Roman Empire
		If the decline of the Roman Empire is one of the great concerns of history, then an equally interesting issue is the decline of the Epic genre in Hollywood.
		This, it is suggested, was the beginning of the end for the empire since Commodus rejected Aurelius's plan for peace with the Eastern countries and, instead, embarked on a campaign to subdue all of Rome's "enemies".
		We might be watching the death of the genre at the same time as the death throes of the empire.
	dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=4753 (1639 words)

	The Fall Of The Roman Empire [1964] DVD at Shop Ireland
		The Fall Of The Roman Empire [1964] starring: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland, Michael Gwynn, Virgilio Teixeira, Peter Damon, Rafael Calvo, Lena von Martens Directed by: Anthony Mann
		Most of the scenes in this movie was intended for a widescreen impression, and when this is missing, you get very little left conserning that it takes almost 3 hours to see it through.
		The Fall Of The Roman Empire is one of the finest of the epic productions made during the 1950's and 1960's, far better than Gladiator and leagues ahead of anything (except Spartacus) made during its time.
	www.shopireland.ie /dvd/reviews/B00004Y3OD (762 words)

	Dougs Movie Reviews - The Decline and Fall of The American Empire
		Special guest film critic and movie guru Dave will also be contributing his reviews as time permits.
		Massive inflation caused by the welfare state forced the government to enforce price controls by destroying crops (Steinbeck fans remember), reducing the precious metal content of coins to virtually nothing (gold ownership was outlawed in the US under FDR), and eventually half the population was employed by the government.
		Finally, the mighty Roman Army lost the will to defend the corrupt nation, with the sack of Rome in 410 AD, and the removal of the last emperor in 476.
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	Gladiator - Ancient Roman Empire Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But the most important thing is this movie did for Roman pictures what Dances with Wolves did for the moribund Western genre.
		I do have to say when the romans fought the gauls, i think it might have bein relitivly close to what some of the battles were like.
		Where i think he failed was in the great rousing speeches, before battle and during the mutiny, where a more classically trained actor could have used his voice to lift the hearts and send the words soaring.
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2814&st=60 (933 words)

	THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
		THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE - 1
		THE EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
		REIGNS OF JOVIAN AND VALENTINIAN, DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE
	www.godrules.net /library/gibbon/gibbon.htm (216 words)

	Ancient Roman History Timeline VII
		Valens' early military career was successful, but he is most famous for one of the greatest defeats ever suffered by the Roman army, a defeat which some say, lead to the demise of the Roman Empire.
		Mistreated by certain Roman officials however, they rebelled, and in 378, Valens was killed in the battle of Adrianople, in which two thirds of the Roman army was destroyed, leaving the Eastern Empire virtually defenseless.
		In regards to the so-called "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", it is wise to remember that the social, political, and cultural evolution of Rome, from a monarchy to a republic to an Imperial empire and finally to a Medieval state was complex.
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	The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Goofs: Continuity: During the funeral pyre of Marcus Aurelius, which Commodus and Livius are holding the torch, their hands move further away from the flame between shots.
		Unfortunatly, the public unsuccess of this quite good film was the beginning of the end of this kind of historical films named "peplum".
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
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	Introduction to Theatre -- Roman Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The beginnings of Roman theatre recorded: the first record of drama at the Ludi Romani (Roman Festival or Roman Games).
		Performances at festivals probably paid for by the state a wealthy citizen, had free admission, were lengthy—including a series of plays or events, and probably had prizes awarded to those who put extra money in.
		Also, a decay of Roman empire from within and barbarians from without.
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	The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Fall of the Roman Empire, The - 1964Nitpickers.com - Movie Mistakes - Post and ...
		Fall of the Roman Empire, The - 1964
		The movie has Commodus being killed in the arena in front of a crowd.
		While this makes for a more dramatic ending, Commodus was actually strangled on 31 Dec 192 in his private apartments by an athlete hired by those conspiring against him.
	www.nitpickers.com /movies/nitpick.cgi?np=72316 (181 words)

	Fall Of The Roman Empire, The DVD review - Time Out Film
		Deserting the usual conflict of Christians and Romans, the story moves to a later era and charts the intrigues surrounding the Imperial throne, held by Marcus Aurelius and coveted by the corrupt Commodus, that led to the Romans' downfall at the hands of the Barbarians.
		Largely accurate in historical terms, thanks to a wordy but intelligent script by Philip Yordan (a master of the epic style), it is surprisingly restrained, both in terms of action and acting.
		But the atmosphere is consistently convincing: darkness holds sway on the fringes of the Empire, where the armies are struggling to repel the invading hordes, while Rome is presented as a magnificent but decadent monument to the unimaginative pragmatism of the Roman mind.
	www.timeout.com /film/dvd/58784.html (214 words)

	Academic Presentations on The Roman Empire
		The Roman administration became responsible for defending the city from the barbarian tribes.
		In the mid-60s AD the legate of the Roman province of Moesia, Tiberius Plautius Silvanus, aided Chersonesos in defeating the barbarians who were threatening the city.
		Roman surgeons were also adept at several forms of minor plastic surgery.
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	The Arena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But he first complains at the beginning of the movie, and the actual holy day doesn't come around until the Bodicia/Jessemina match, which must be months and months later, and many times in between.
		On the day before the big match the Romans have a celebration, and it appears to consist entirely of the Roman soldiers standing in a line holding hands while hopping up and down and yelling "Ho ho ho!" over and over again.
		The movie ends with the Playmates leading a revolt against the Romans, and end titles inform us that this small act of disobedience led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
	www.stomptokyo.com /scott/blog/C351654541/E1298134755/index.html (984 words)

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