Name: Rome: Empire Without Limit
Released: 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mary Beard

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

Birth of an Empire

What made the Romans special and why were they able to build empires at such a large scale?
EPISODE 2

Expansion and Conquest

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

Episode 2

What made the Romans special and why were they able to build empires at such a large scale?
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

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.