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8.2/10 Top Documentary Films Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Running time approx. 44 minutes Final episode date 8 January 2007 | 8.2/10 IMDb 7.6/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 14 First episode date 16 October 2006 Network History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming Similar Meet the Romans with Mary, Ancients Behaving Badly, Ancient Discoveries, Surviving History, Cities of the Underworld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Reception
Engineering an Empire has received critical acclaim. The premiere "Rome" won two Emmys after being nominated in four categories.
References
Engineering an Empire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA