Who knew that plumbing could be so fascinating? Cashing in on all that gluttonous promotion for HBO’s “Rome,” the History Channel examines the empire through the spectacular inventions that brought ...

Tomorrow night at 9, actor Peter Weller will appear at the Colosseum and other monuments of ancient Rome in the History Channel documentary “Rome: Engineering an Empire. ” The former RoboCop is one of ...

LAST week’s total devastation in New Orleans makes this special about Rome’s still-surviving structures – some of which were built 20 centuries ago – seem all the more extraordinary. These buildings ...

Bricks and mortar make an interesting mix with intrigue and cruelty in the special “Rome: Engineering an Empire” (9 p.m., History). Rome was not the first, or last, military force to employ superior ...

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 ...