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Modern movies, ancient world
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Modern movies, ancient world

with Arthur Pomeroy

Arthur Pomeroy is Emeritus Professor of Classics at Victoria University of Wellington and a leading expert on Tacitus, Roman social history, and the ancient world on the modern screen. In this interview we explore the wild and wonderful world of modern movies about ancient Greece and Rome, enjoying encounters with musclemen, Joan Collins, albino warrior clones, and sword-fighting skeletons along the way.

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The YouTube version of this interview features photos and clips from the films we discuss:

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