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.
Bonus: behind-the-scenes featurette
History in the making rome
An inside look at egypt with peter weller
From the director's chair egypt
Everything you wanted to know about egypt
Rome
Egypt
Greece
Greece: age of alexander
Aztecs
Carthage
Maya: death empire
Russia
Great britain: blood and steel
The persians
China
Napoleon: steel monster
The byzantines
Da vinci's world
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