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Rome: Engineering an Empire (2005)

Rome: Engineering an Empire (2005)

History TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 2005, September 13
Directors: Christopher Cassel
Cast: Peter Weller, Michael Carroll, Darius Arya, Stefano Rossi, George Piscopo, Massimo Vari, Massimo Adornetto, Edoardo Bettas, Alessandro Corsanici, Ilaria Di Stefano, Sergio Ostili, David J. Oliver

Overview:

Despite their personal short comings, many of the Roman Empires great engineering accomplishments were introduced during the reign of the Caesars. The tradition continued under Vespasian, builder of the Coliseum, Trajan, builder of the Forum, and Hadrian, builder and possibly the designer of the Pantheon. Finally, a decade later Caracalla built a bath complex/recreation center in an effort to secure his own reputation in history.