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Jul 27
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – War Machine
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Jan 25
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – Ancient Superpower
For centuries, Rome governed hundreds of thousands of people in an empire that covered as much as 2 million square miles. In an age when most travel was done on foot, how was this possible? Digging deep into the lives of two emperors who presided over one of the most successful periods in Roman history, NGC explores how the empire owed its longevity to its ambition, innovation and genius for administration. See how Rome endured for centuries as one of the greatest bureaucracies on earth.source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
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Jan 25
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – Birth of Rome
Over centuries, the Romans transformed a swamp on the banks of the Tiber into a settlement, then a city of brick and ultimately the gleaming marble core of the ancient world’s greatest empire. Journey through massive Roman tunnels and trace the city’s architectural and engineering evolution, including tombs, temples, monuments and aqueducts. See how the Romans converted an uninhabitable region into the home of some of the most impressive monumental architecture the world has ever seen.source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
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Jan 25
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – Killing Caesar
Follow Julius Caesars meteoric rise to power and his historic murder. His life was marked by tyranny and treachery, grand public gestures and secret double dealings, but his genius, ego and ambitions changed the course of the history of the Greco-Roman world.source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
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Jan 25
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – Doomsday Pompeii
This is the story of a disaster like no other. When Mount Vesuvius erupted, it rained 8 million tons of debris onto Pompeii it sealed the fate of more than a thousand people. But it also sealed the city form the world: preserved it, protected it, like nowhere else on earth, the rediscovered Pompeii gives us access to the ancient world. And now, with new findings and new insights, we can tell the story of the ordinary people caught up in this disaster. These are the forgotten men and women who lived when Rome ruled….and were buried when the volcano blew.source:channel.nationalgeographic.com
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Jan 22
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – The Real Caligula
Caligula’s cruel, insane behavior may be a product of the world he lives in.
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Jan 22
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Summary for : When Rome Ruled – Secrets of the Gladiators
The colosseum opens for business.
