Product Details

• Actors: Dave Stotts
• Directors: James Fitzgerald
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: ColdWater Media
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ESYNK6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,533 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This isn't your typical tour of ruins and rusty and dusty artifacts it's history as exciting today as it was 2,000 years ago! In a style of his own. Dave Stotts speed through the ancient world giving you a fast-paced encounter with the people. Places and events that have shaped our world and the Christian faith. His adventures include on-location explorations. Loads of animations and narration that's definitely " outside thew classroom." You may never read the bible the same way again Episode 1: Lost in Rome. The Forum & Palatine Hill. The Emperors during the time of Christ. The Arch of Titus and the destruction of Jerusalem

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The review of a public school world history teacher, January 20, 2007

By	DWD "intrepid reviewer" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

While all of Dave Stotts' episodes may not be ideal for a public school classroom (too christianity-centric), they are all interesting, entertaining, educational and come with top-notch production quality. This is not a talking head video series!

Episode #3 of this disk (Phoenicians, Carthage, gladiators, etc.) does a great job of reviewing Roman history and covers how Christianity represented a break from Roman values in a professional (non-conversion-seeking) manner. Episode #3 will most likely wind up in the end of unit review of my rather lenghty Roman Empire chapter.

The other sections will be welcome at my home and my adult Bible study classes.

I give this series a solid "A"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First installment of an excellent series, January 12, 2007

By	Steven B. Rubinson (Racine, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Watch Dave Stotts drive a Smart Car around Rome and fight as a "pretend" gladiator while presenting New Testament history in a highly entertaining way. I bought the first two disks for my kids, thoroughly enjoyed them myself, and will definitely buy the second two. Focus On The Family commissioned this excellent series. Sometimes Dave gets a little silly, and it's all in the name of making what could be a boring topic more interesting. The re-telling of the legend of the founding of Rome is hilarious, and to say more would be a giveaway. The audio commentary is unique - the filmmakers recorded it in a moving car while traveling through Colorado.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, August 18, 2007

By	M (CA) - See all my reviews

I saw this episode on TV and was wishing afterward that I had taped it! So I hit the web and found this disc to buy. Have since bought several episodes from other sites (sorry amazon). This one....The Arch of Titus has such an amazing history and weird to see how small it is and what a shame people mill about seemingly unaware, as I would if not for this disc! The destruction of Jerusalem just leaves one stunned that the Jewish people have survived at all, much less the city itself. Then there's the Circus Maximus and the Pantheon....no one will keep reading such a long review! Let's just say I HIGHLY recommend this disc AND the whole series.

You don't have to be religious but if you are, you'll love it more. Lots of archeological links to the Bible. You DO have to be into history or else you may be bored, though it's so interesting that it will probably spark a new interest. Not only is it a miracle Jews are still here, but Nero etc did his best to wipe out the Christians too. We also see some roots of anti-semitism. The only way the jews could have money while escaping was to swallow the coins. Hence the "jews are so greedy they eat money" hatred.

The host Dave Stotts has a good sense of humor and makes it all fun too. Light enough for kids too and a good way to teach respect for the worlds rich history and the suffering will put things in perspective for the whole family. You'll be damn glad you have the problems you do as opposed to being alive then.