Byzantium : the lost empire / an ABTV production for The Learning Channel in association with IBIS Films and Channel Four Television ; series producer, Nicholas Barton ; written by John Romer ; co-writer, Elizabeth Romer ; series director, Derek Towers.
Publication Info.
Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Vision, 2007.
1997.
Copies
Location
Call No.
Status
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD, Nonfiction
2 videodiscs (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
Performer
Host, John Romer.
Note
Originally broadcast on television in 1997.
Summary
For more than 1,000 years, the Byzantine Empire was the eye of the entire world. The origin of great literature, fine art, and modern government, it was also the first Christian empire. Pass through the gates of Constantinople, explore the magnificent mosque of Hagia Sophia and see the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks, Venice.
Audience
Not rated.
Contents
Building the dream -- Heaven on Earth -- Envy of the world -- Forever and ever.