When Rome Ruled by NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC VID

We bought this to help with my child's high school history curriculum. I had watched this on NATGEO a few years ago and we enjoyed it just as much. Blu-Ray quality is excellent.

When I received this, I was very pleased with the addition of the map of the Roman Empire that came with it. And just by watching the program, you can actually learn lot from it.

I enjoyed watching this, but most of it is a rehash of other shows that I’ve seen before from the history channel. This was well done and well-made. In some instances you can always give tell a story so many ways it did give a different twist on some parts of it, but it’s a repeat of others.

DVDs are fine, but the program is slow and lousy. Not the fault of the seller.

Good condition thanks!

We found it very helpful for planning our upcomming trip to Rome , with a better understanding of how all the pieces fit.

I have National Geographic documentaries that I like and some I don't like, but When Rome Ruled is the worst. My main complaint is the lack of organization. We see hundreds of so-called "experts", some of whom are just labeled "Historian" or from the famous University of Cincinnati or the great University of Southern Maine. Maybe I could find someone from Sacramento City College who could give another opinion. There is no expert who summarizes what the others are saying. Too many cooks spoil the broth.There is no apparent order to the documentary. It begins with Secrets of the Gladiators, then goes to The Real Caligula, then Doomsday Pompei. On disc two we get Birth of Rome. Why not put that one on disc one?I learned more about Rome in the Ridley Scott movie Gladiator and Woody Allen's movie To Rome With Love.Finally, this is a blu-ray. It is the worst looking blu-ray I have seen. I have seen DVDs that look better. I have been spoiled by watching History Channel blu-rays: e.g. The Universe and How The Earth Was Made, which are well organized and look great.

brilliant documentary.

Well made documentary series, but it should have included 2 more episodes which are part of this series. The "Rise of Christianity" episode and the "Roman War Machine" episode are not included in this package and can only be purchased separately in DVD format. That being said 5/5 for quality production and historical accuracy.

Could not open it with my dvd player.