8.00 p.m. |HISTC| ROME: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Episode: 001
Conquest. Lust. Murder. Revenge. And the power of unrivalled technology. These are the cornerstones in the foundation of the Roman Empire. For more than 500 years, Rome was the most powerful and advanced civilization the world had ever known, ruled by visionaries and tyrants whose accomplishments ranged from awe-inspiring to deplorable. One characteristic linked them all–ambition–and the thirst for power that all Roman emperors shared fueled an unprecedented mastery of engineering and labor.


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