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Greece and Rome

Alexandre the Great, the Macedonian

Alexandre the Great, the Macedonian

Director(s): Bernard George

Synopsis: Alexander the Great has always had a unique status in terms of history. To the Greeks and Romans, he was a hero, to the Arabs, he was a prophet, to Westerners, he is a myth. He spread Greek...
In the Wake of Ulysses

In the Wake of Ulysses

Director(s): Jean Baronnet

Homer's description of the Greek world in the 8th century BC was long considered a purely mythological account. However, Schliemann's archaeological finds in 19th-century Greece and a photographic...

 

The Last Days of Zeugma

The Last Days of Zeugma

Director(s): Thierry Ragobert

The construction of a dam on the Euphrates in Turkey threatened to destroy one of the most important cities in the Roman empire. In July 2000, the ancient city of Zeugma was on the point of...
Pompeii

Pompeii

Director(s): Jean Baronnet

In AD 79, almost 2,000 years ago, the city of Pompeii was buried beneath the ashes of Vesuvius. For the last three hundred years, archaeologists, historians, painters, and filmmakers have tried to...