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Engineering an Empire(2005)

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First Air Date: 2005-09-13
Average Runtime: 1h 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 14
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 14

Engineering an Empire is a program on The History Channel that explores the engineering and/or architectural feats that were characteristic of some of the greatest societies on this planet. It is hosted by Peter Weller, famous for his acting role as RoboCop but also a lecturer at Syracuse University, where he completed his Master's in Roman and Renaissance Art. The executive producer is Delores Gavin. The show started as a documentary about the engineering feats of Ancient Rome and later evolved into a series. It originally ran for one full season of weekly episodes.

Keywords

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Top Cast

Peter Weller
Peter Weller
Himself / Host
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Michael Carroll
 Narrator

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 14
E01
Rome

Air Date: 2005-09-13

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See the engineering feats that brought Rome to power in the ancient world. From Julius Caesar and the end of the Roma...

E02
Egypt

Air Date: 2006-10-09

N/A

From the year 3000 BC all the way to around 1212 BC, the Egyptians accomplished the impossibe and built the unimagina...

E03
Greece

Air Date: 2006-10-16

1h 0m

See the engineering feats that gave rise to the Greek empire.

E04
Greece: Age of Alexander

Air Date: 2006-10-23

1h 0m

See the engineering feats of Greece under Alexander the Great.

E05
Aztecs

Air Date: 2006-10-30

1h 0m

In less than 200 years the Aztec's transformed themselves from a band of wandering nomads to the greatest civilizatio...

E06
Carthage

Air Date: 2006-11-06

1h 0m

Carthage, a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years, harnessed their extensive reso...

E07
Maya: Death Empire

Air Date: 2006-11-13

1h 0m

At the height of its glory, this mysterious civilization ruled a territory of 125,000 square miles across parts of Gu...

E08
Russia

Air Date: 2006-11-20

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At the height of its power the Russian Empire stretched across 15 times zones, incorporated nearly 160 different ethn...

E09
Great Britain: Blood and Steel

Air Date: 2006-11-27

N/A

At its pinnacle, the British Empire spanned every continent and covered one quarter of the Earth's land mass. Through...

E10
The Persians

Air Date: 2006-12-04

1h 0m

The Persian Empire was one of the most mysterious civilizations in the ancient world. Persia became an empire under t...

E11
China

Air Date: 2006-12-11

1h 0m

For over 4,000 years the world's greatest empires have come and gone--only China has survived the test of time. Centu...

E12
Napoleon: Steel Monster

Air Date: 2006-12-18

1h 0m

Centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, French kings struggled for control against the church and the aristocra...

E13
The Byzantines

Air Date: 2006-12-25

N/A

As much of the world descended into the dark ages after the fall of Rome, one civilization shone brilliantly: the Byz...

E14
Da Vinci's World

Air Date: 2007-01-08

N/A

After the fall of Rome, Italy fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-s...

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