Rome: The World's First Superpower
The history of Rome is an epic that spans a thousand years and is full of murder, ambition, betrayal, and greed. It has legendary characters 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 prominent classical specialists in both Europe and the United States. These experts describe the aura of intrigue, strife, and violence that pervaded the locations.