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Legions of Rome Punic Wars, Gallic Wars, Roman Invasions of Britain

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3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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These informative and entertaining programs provide a factual record of the mighty Legions of the Roman Empire. From the three wars fought and won against the African city of Carthage, through the brutal campaigns against the Celtic tribes of Gaul, to the bloody conquest of the mysterious island of Britain, this is the story of one of history's most remarkable fighting machines.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8.8 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ D2559
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2007
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Kultur Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000LP6KY4
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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3.6 out of 5 stars
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Stephen E. Gruber
1.0 out of 5 stars Exploitative and unprofessional
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2007
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Since childhood, I have been a fanatic of Roman history and hold several advanced degrees in classical history, philosophy and theology. I have also worked in video production and photography, so when I saw this title on the market, I was naturally drawn to it on a number of levels. Someone said don't judge a package by its wrapping, and unfortunately, this is true with this production. While there is a description above of the various historians who are interviewed in this production, there is nothing of the sort on the boxed set or in the production itself. The actual content of what the interviewees share is little more than what one can gleam from any encyclopedia. On the production level overall it is disappointing. On occasion, a map is briefly inserted for only a few seconds to establish the viewer's attention to the narrator. However, most of the productions center around rank amateur actors "reinacting" the various battles. Yet the fighting reinacting scenes are less than convincing as dozens of actors appear careful to not actually make any body contact with their obviously plastic swords and spears. In addition, the camera shots are most often shakey with zooms in, and out, of the subjects, which I find terribly annoying. It's like having your sister invite you over for a Friday night of watching home videos of the kids running around in the backyard. In short, one could take all of the narration of the Punic Wars, Gallic Wars, and the Invasion of Britain, and switch the scenes around with the narration and come up with virtually the same things. Because the reinacting was filmed somewhere in an open field, it can easily lend itself to any narration. This is not true with serious documentaries such as virtually anything produced by the History Channel. For example, "Julius Caesar's Rome" is actually filmed on location using real-time shots of Rome with Roman historians walking around the actual locations as they are sharing interesting information. They also use B-role of paintings, mosaics, frescos, stella and other objects in an interesting manner to draw the viewer into the story. In this case, the narration matches the visuals, i.e., when the games in the Collesium are described, live video of the Collesium is provided. In a word, "The Legions of Rome" seem exploitative, i.e., anyone with a video camera, an encyclopedia, a some friends with left over Halloween costumes could make a production like this, save the several historians who are not notables, in my view. In addition, the production is poor quality analog (1996) transfer to DVD, and the reinacting scenes, which take up entirely too much of the production, actually detract from the overall presentation and make it, well, actually humorous and difficult to take seriously. Well, this show definitely goes on the block for a few bucks; save your money and purchase the History Channel's "Julius Caesar's Rome" for quality production, cinematography, directing, music, and yes...good acting! I give this production a Mercy One Star. Stephen Gruber, Ph.D. Prof. History and Philosophy
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David D. Lawson
1.0 out of 5 stars Its not worthy of the Legions
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2017
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Save your money as it is really badly done movie!
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John McAdam
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, bad, ugly.
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2011
From the other reviews you have probably seen them say that the fight scenes are horrible. Let me be honest. The fight scenes suck so freakin badly. I mean they are just bad. Someone commented saying that they looked as though a high school drama team had done it, and it really does look like that. They stab the same place like 50 times through out a whole fight scene and don't hit anything.

Another gripe I have is that virtually everyone in this DVD set had the most disgusting and gut-wrenching teeth you have ever seen. At first I thought it was just gross, but then after a while you start to get sucked deeper into it and eventually you find yourself staring at the gap of their open mouth wondering how the coral survives, only to realize that it is their teeth! It's really gross.

The reason I give it three stars is because I did find it informative. It wasn't "OH MY GOSH I KNOW THE SECRETS OF ROME" informative, but it had information that I had never known as I have never formally studied Rome. The quality of this set is really below average and, no offense to the producers and directors, it really is bad, but I think a 3 star rating instead of a 2 or 1 star rating is fair enough.

3/5

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Kalman
1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2010
To be fair, I only watched 15 minutes of this pathetic production.

I am only speculating but it appears that a group of overweight men went shopping for Roman toys at Toys-R-Us, tied red table clothes around their necks as capes, and began prancing around their backyard pretending to be Hannibal against the Romans. Meanwhile, a narrator repeats himself over and over about how terrible the war would be for Carthage.

In these first 15 minutes, my 17 year old noticed that they showed a Roman eagle and she said "Didn't Marius introduce the Roman eagle into the military a century AFTER Hannibal?"

If you are looking for an entertaining documentary on Rome, I suggest the History Channels "Rome, Rise and Fall of an Empire" rather than this title. If you are interested in less entertaining but more rigorous study, The Teaching Company has several good lecture series on Rome.
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R. M. Losinski
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2008
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I had purchased the 'Legions of Rome' DVD Boxed Set primarily for what I hoped was to be three realistic and authentic reenactments of these famous battles. I had hoped that wherever possible, these reenactments would take place on or near the sites of the original battles. It certainly did not appear to me to be the case (?). I suppose we all have been spoiled to some extent with the historic authenticity and painful attention to detail provided by such series as HBO's 'Rome'.
After reading phrases such as "superb battle reconstructions" in the product descriptions, I was extremely disappointed to discover that these videos would not even come close to what I had hoped for. The costumes and weapons used in the battle scenes were makeshift and extremely amateurish. The small number of participants shown in each battle scene, their lackluster attempts to depict what was supposed to be ferocious hand to hand combat became almost laughable. The one redeeming factor in all three videos was the on screen opinions expresses by various experts, acedemics and historians of Roman military history. All and all I was extremely disappointed and feel that there was nothing gained by watching these videos that could not have been gotten from a multitude of great books available on these subjects.
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C. Gismondi
3.0 out of 5 stars Legions of Rome, by Kultur
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2010
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Informative and knowledgeable testimonies but should have put more into the budget for the show stopping re-enactments; cardboard swords and re-use of actors as different characters seemed to discredit the documentary.
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Ronald Doutre
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2016
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good series on history
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