Originally produced for television broadcast in 1998
Special features: timeline, virtual reconstructions, twelve Caesars biographies
Disc 1. The rise -- Legions of conquest -- Seduction of power. Disc 2. Grasp of empire -- The cult of order -- The fall
Executive producers, Ed Fields, Joel Westbrook; original score, Charlie Barnett
Narrator: Peter Coyote
Presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings to the height of its glory and its eventual decline. Combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed re-enactments, period art and writing, and insights from scolars and public figures
