OK, I’ll grant you that nine and a half hours of exploring the engineering marvels of Persia, Greece, Rome, Great Britain and other global dominators might not sound appealing to anyone but the ...

See the engineering feats that brought Rome to power in the ancient world. From Julius Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic to the birth of an empire that would transform Europe, North Africa, and ...

That might not sound like such a dazzling accomplishment on its face, but given the drift toward history- and science-lite programming as cablers like History and Discovery pursue younger viewers, the ...