"When Rome Ruled" on NatGeo TV

quantumleap · Jan 19, 2011

Anyone else watching this show? It shows things I've never heard of before.

They are talking about why Romans conquered so many lands. It was to gain riches, not necessarily to own people. The Romans brought back the spoils of war.

In another episode it talks about the architecture of Rome. It says that Rome used more stone than any other society before it and after it until the 19th century.

Seymour · Jan 19, 2011

In it's prime the Roman Empire extended into Africa and northern Europe - I love shows about the Roman Empire

CoachCB · Jan 19, 2011

Here are a couple of maps of the Roman Empire at it's height. Amazing.....

http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/roman-empire.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/imaps/AC_13_427_romheight/AC_13_427_romheight.html

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X-Files · Jan 19, 2011

quantumleap said:
It was to gain riches, not necessarily to own people. The Romans brought back the spoils of war.

The slavery is quite apparent in the series Spartacus, and the desire for spoils
is also mentioned. If you enjoyed Gladiator this show is quite similar.

RobFunk · Jan 19, 2011

Got to love NAT GEO one of my favorite channels.

I have learned more from Nat Geo than I ever did history class.

JackStraw77 · Jan 19, 2011

When you walk into the Pantheon you think there is no way this was constructed almost 2000 years ago. It seems impossible.

quantumleap · Jan 19, 2011

X-Files said:
The slavery is quite apparent in the series Spartacus, and the desire for spoils
is also mentioned. If you enjoyed Gladiator this show is quite similar.

The show mentioned that Rome kept slaves as a matter of economics. This also contributed to the conquering of foreign lands. The people were brought back as slaves and Rome prospered.

quantumleap · Jan 19, 2011

CoachCB said:
Here are a couple of maps of the Roman Empire at it's height. Amazing.....

http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/roman-empire.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/imaps/AC_13_427_romheight/AC_13_427_romheight.html

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You'll notice that Britain is only half conquered. We had a discussion about Hadrian's wall at work one time so I looked it up. I originally thought it was built by the Scots to keep the Romans out. It turns out it was built to keep out the "lawless Scots".

@)

From Wikipedia:

"During Roman Times, the area was the northern border of the Roman Empire. The Romans built Hadrian's Wall to protect the empire from the more lawless Scottish tribes."

quantumleap · Jan 19, 2011

RobFunk said:
Got to love NAT GEO one of my favorite channels.

I have learned more from Nat Geo than I ever did history class.

I wish History classes would be replaced with NatGeo shows.

1cheater · Jan 19, 2011

quantumleap said:
I wish History classes would be replaced with NatGeo shows.

I'll second that..

and to think it all started with Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom...

Discovery Channel is the best channel ever!

quantumleap · Feb 11, 2011

quantumleap said:
You'll notice that Britain is only half conquered. We had a discussion about Hadrian's wall at work one time so I looked it up. I originally thought it was built by the Scots to keep the Romans out. It turns out it was built to keep out the "lawless Scots".

@)

From Wikipedia:

"During Roman Times, the area was the northern border of the Roman Empire. The Romans built Hadrian's Wall to protect the empire from the more lawless Scottish tribes."

Anyone see the previews of "The Eagle"? It's a story about Roman soldiers who ventured into Caledonia (Scotland) and went missing on the other side of Hadrian's Wall.

paftraft · Feb 11, 2011

Was there any mentioned of Boudicca, the celebrated Celtic queen, who gave the Romans a big scare after some astonishing victories?

quantumleap · Feb 11, 2011

paftraft said:
Was there any mentioned of Boudicca, the celebrated Celtic queen, who gave the Romans a big scare after some astonishing victories?

Haven't seen her name mentioned but I will keep a look-out for it.

Akillies · Feb 11, 2011

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