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Rome: Engineering an Empire

Name: Rome: Engineering an Empire
Genre: History, Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 2005-09-13
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 8

2005·1h 30m·Released

History

Documentary

TV Movie

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.