Season 2000

14 episodes · 2000

Romans engineered a stone-paved highway system encompassing 50,000 miles and sprawling across three continents. Ironically, their breathtaking feat may have paved the road to their ruin as ancient and newly sprung enemies marched straight.

Built to attest to the power and glory of Rome, the ancient monuments often hide a rocky past. Built to attest to the power and glory of Rome, the ancient monuments often hide a rocky past. What outrageous acts helped build and maintain them?

"All roads lead to Rome" as the empire expands and Romans erect elegant cities to honor their emperors and unify conquered territory. The cosmopolitan centers let many cultures co-exist under Roman law. We'll see how they administered the vast empire and learned from mistakes of vanquished civilizations.

Rome's Lost Harbor: The Roman city of Ostia, founded in the 4th century B.C. at the mouth of the Tiber, was once a vital harbor town and important port. Today, Ostia is covered in sand.

England's Theatres Of Blood: Elizabethan England offered the heights entertainment in theatres such as the Globe, where Shakespeare staged most of his plays. Both rich and poor attend the spectacles.

Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.

For over 150 years, pilgrims have journeyed to the French mountain village of Lourdes where a young girl--Sainte Bernadette--claimed to see a vision of the Virgin Mary.

For over 4,000 years, people have looked to the heavens for answers about life on earth. Created by the ancient Babylonians, the zodiac and astrology are still hotly debated.