Engineering an Empire (2005)

Documentary · History

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.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (759 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

7.96 avg 14 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 48 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rome	7.9	274
2	Egypt	8.5	7
3	Greece	8.1	56
4	Greece: Age of Alexander	7.7	50
5	The Aztecs	7.7	50
6	Carthage	7.8	47
7	The Maya: Death Empire	8.1	52
8	Russia	8.3	46
9	Britain: Blood and Steel	7.6	34
10	The Persians	8.6	79
11	China	8.0	39
12	Napoleon: Steel Monster	7.8	29
13	The Byzantines	7.7	53
14	Da Vinci's World	7.6	30