Ancient Rome [videorecording] : the mobile society / produced by Popular Arts Entertainment Inc. for History Channel Television Networks Productions, A & E Television Networks ; producer, Melody Shafir ; writers, Rick Dowlearn, Richard L. Schmidt ; producer/co-writer, Michael Guillen.
Documentary. Title from container. Host, Michael Guillen. Originally broadcast on the History Channel as an individual episode in 2005. At head of disc surface: Where did it come from?
Summary:
Travel to the heart of the Roman Empire to examine its remarkable civil engineering project that resulted in a 53-thousand mile network of highways. Host Michael Guillen takes viewers on a chariot ride through ancient Rome and discovers that many of the highway amenities that viewers imagine as modern developments date back over 2000 years. It's an amazing look at a travel network where so little has changed after so many years.
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