Engineering an Empire
TV ShowTitle | Engineering an Empire |
User score | 7.8 |
Release date | Sep 13, 2005 |
Release date of last episode | Jan 8, 2007 |
Genre | Documentary |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | KPI Productions, Mechanism Digital, Kraylevich Productions Inc. |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 14 |
Run time | 90, 45 min. |
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.