Rome: The World's First Superpower
The history of Rome is an epic that spans a thousand years and is filled with murder, ambition, betrayal, and greed. It also includes famous personalities such as Rome's Iron Age founders Romulus and Remus as well as its greatest general Julius Caesar. At the locations where the events of the epic took place, Larry is accompanied by a number of the most eminent experts in classical studies from both Europe and the United States. These scholars discuss the aura of intrigue, strife, and violence that pervaded those locations.