Engineering an Empire

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2005-09-13

Last Air Date: 2007-01-08

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 14

Networks: History

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Top Cast

Peter Weller as Himself / Host
Michael Carroll as Narrator
Siso Kamburov as Xerxes (uncredited)

Seasons

Specials

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

Behind the scenes of locations from Pazzi chapel, Florence, Italy. Great Britain. Port of Carthage, Modern day Tunisia. Hagin Sophia Cathedral, Istanbul. Great Wall, Xian China. Persia shoot. Novgorod, Russia. Ancient Ruins of Pergamon: Modern day Turkey.
Ep. 2: History in the Making Rome

Narration by Peter Weller
Ep. 3: An Inside look at Egypt with Peter Weller

Narration by Peter Weller
Ep. 4: From the Director's Chair Egypt

Narration by Chris Cassel
Ep. 5: Everything you wanted to Know About Egypt

No overview for this episode.