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Roman Megastructures

And beyond providing labour, the armyhad all the top specialists

And beyond providing labour, the army
had all the top specialists

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And beyond providing labour, the army had all the top specialists.
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6 seconds
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00:04:00
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May 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history

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50 BC: Julius Cesar reigned supreme over Gaul. But this was no simple military conquest. Rome wanted to spread its greatness, bringing civilization to the defeated barbarians now part of the Empire. Rome's new territory was transf...
S01 • E01 Why did the Romans decide to make Lyon so monumental? - Roman Megastructures 00:04
Why did the Romans decide to make Lyon so monumental?
S01 • E01 To answer these questions, we must go back to the founding of Lugdunum. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
To answer these questions, we must go back to the founding o...
S01 • E02 A contemporary of Augustus, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
A contemporary of Augustus,
S01 • E03 Shows which required the construction of new structures. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
Shows which required the construction of new structures.
S01 • E03 In the south of the city, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
In the south of the city,
S01 • E01 The history of Lugdunum began in Vienne, in Gaul, in 44 BC. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
The history of Lugdunum began in Vienne, in Gaul, in 44 BC.
S01 • E03 Long since disappeared, this edifice, inherited from Ancient Greece, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Long since disappeared, this edifice, inherited from Ancient...
S01 • E02 The first job of the Roman architects was to define the pomerium, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
The first job of the Roman architects was to define the pome...
S01 • E01 A few years after Caesar's conquests, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
A few years after Caesar's conquests,
S01 • E03 In the south-east, just outside the city, the amphitheatre. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
In the south-east, just outside the city, the amphitheatre.
S01 • E01 (MEN SHOUT MENACINGLY) - Roman Megastructures 00:06
(MEN SHOUT MENACINGLY)
S01 • E03 A purely Roman invention, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
A purely Roman invention,
S01 • E01 The Republic of Rome appointed one man - Roman Megastructures 00:06
The Republic of Rome appointed one man
S01 • E02 On the boundary defined by the pomerium, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
On the boundary defined by the pomerium,
S01 • E02 These stretched across the left bank of the Rhone - Roman Megastructures 00:06
These stretched across the left bank of the Rhone
S01 • E03 It was showing to the native people - Roman Megastructures 00:06
It was showing to the native people
S01 • E01 The Governor of Gaul, Lucius Munatius Plancus. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
The Governor of Gaul, Lucius Munatius Plancus.
S01 • E03 And it was also the political symbol of Rome, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
And it was also the political symbol of Rome,
S01 • E01 His task - to found a colony, - Roman Megastructures 00:06
His task - to found a colony,
S01 • E03 An amphitheatre among the largest to be constructed in Gaul, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
An amphitheatre among the largest to be constructed in Gaul,