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Engineering an Empire

Name: Engineering an Empire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-09-13
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Peter Weller, Michael Carroll, J.J. Huckin, Sam Kalidi, Spyros Bakas

“History's greatest engineering and architectural achievements.”

Documentary

★ 8.1/10 TMDB Premiered 2005-09-13 1 season 14 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 2007-01-08

S1E14 — Da Vinci's World

After the fall of Rome, Italy fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome. In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into Italy. The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time.

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