Season 1
(1998)
Overview
Two thousand years ago, one civilization held the entire Western world in its grasp. From Northern Europe to Africa and the Middle East. It imposed laws, ideas and a single language. Rome was the super power of the ancient world. Indeed later super powers never stopped learning the lessons of her spectacular rise and fall. Rome truly was a colossal empire. During the rise of the Roman Empire, it was not always easy to separate virtue from vice, or hero from villain. Indeed, all too often, they …
Cast
as Narrator
Episodes
The Rise of the Roman Empire 0.0
March 7, 1998
Two thousand years ago, one civilization held the entire Western world in its grasp. From Northern Europe to Africa and…
Legions of Conquest 0.0
March 8, 1998
In her early years Rome was a Democratic Republic, its military an army of Roman citizens. For centuries, it was the pr…
Seduction of Power 0.0
March 9, 1998
Rome seemed to own the world. Her empire stretched from Scotland to the Sahara. Her army controlled three continents. F…
Grasp of Empire 0.0
March 10, 1998
Rome conquered with the brute force of her military machine, sweeping entire peoples into her empire. With the wars ove…
The Cult of Order 0.0
March 11, 1998
Rome fashioned a cultural template that resonates today in Western art, architecture, medicine and urban planning. As t…
The Fall of the Roman Empire 0.0
March 12, 1998
Rome's glory had shone for a thousand years. The Roman Empire had united all lands from Spain to Syria, created more pr…
Letters from the Roman Front 0.0
March 14, 1998
Letters from the Roman Front
Hidden History 0.0
March 15, 1998
Hidden History