Rome: Engineering an Empire

Overview

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.

Directed by Christopher Cassel

Top cast

M

Michael Carroll

Narrator

G

George Piscopo

Julius Caesar

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Massimo Vari

Julius Caesar

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Massimo Adornetto

Claudius

E

Edoardo Bettas

Young Nero

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Alessandro Corsanici

Nero

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Ilaria Di Stefano

Agrippina

S

Sergio Ostili

Trajan

D

David J. Oliver

Apollodorus of Damascus

Stefano Rossi

Hadrian

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Ryan Michael Park

Caracalla

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Mary Boatwright

Self

Peter Weller

Self

Darius Arya

Self

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