‎Rome: Empire Without Limit - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary · History

Travelling from Spain to Israel, Algeria to Britain, Germany to Turkey, historian Mary Beard answers the big questions that have fascinated people for centuries.How did a small city, Rome, acquire an empire? And why did it fall? Mary examines its creation, successes, failures and the legacy, not just in its technology and buildings, its roads and laws, but also in the worlds that came after it.

2016 · 58m

Starring Mary Beard

Director Chris Mitchell

EPISODE 1

Prisoners and Slaves

In this myth-busting, compelling BBC history documentary, renowned classicist Mary Beard revisits and reassesses the legends surrounding the origins of Rome. She argues that the period of greatest Roman expansion occurred when Rome itself was little more than a provincial backwater which used brutal tactics to overpower its enemies. Why was a state such as this so successful at war and conquest?
EPISODE 2

Bounds of the Empire

What made the Romans special and why were they able to build empires at such a large scale?
EPISODE 3

Episode 2

Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the Empire react to Roman rule?
EPISODE 4

Why Did Rome Fall

Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall? Surveying the massive walls and fortifications of Britain and Germany, she discovers an empire under pressure, struggling to control its borders.

Civilisation
Rome: The World’s First Superpower
Civilizations
Secrets of the Dead
The Greeks
Secrets of Ancient Empires
First Civilizations
Rick Steves Art of Ancient Rome
Visions of Greece

Mary Beard

Host
Chris Mitchell

Director
Richard Bradley

Producer
Mary Beard

Writer