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Historians estimate that it was around 30,000 inhabitants
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Historians estimate that itwas around 30,000 inhabitants

Historians estimate that it
was around 30,000 inhabitants

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Historians estimate that it was around 30,000 inhabitants.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:39:50
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 So, he drove Maximian out of Arles - Roman Megastructures 00:06
So, he drove Maximian out of Arles
S01 • E01 Aristocrats, citizens, plebs, freed men, slaves - - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Aristocrats, citizens, plebs, freed men, slaves -
S01 • E02 Now, Arles wasn't a capital in the later Empire, - Roman Megastructures 00:12
Now, Arles wasn't a capital in the later Empire,
S01 • E03 Like this section discovered during the laying out - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Like this section discovered during the laying out
S01 • E02 But Arles was still very, very important. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
But Arles was still very, very important.
S01 • E01 To meet Lyon's needs, - Roman Megastructures 00:13
To meet Lyon's needs,
S01 • E01 Their total flow rate was 40,000 cubic metres a day, - Roman Megastructures 00:09
Their total flow rate was 40,000 cubic metres a day,
S01 • E02 Under Constantine, Arles enjoyed a second golden age. - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Under Constantine, Arles enjoyed a second golden age.
S01 • E02 It managed to survive - Roman Megastructures 00:05
It managed to survive
S01 • E03 With its amphitheatre, its baths and its forum, - Roman Megastructures 00:10
With its amphitheatre, its baths and its forum,
S01 • E01 So it's incredible that the Romans had a better water supply in Lyon - Roman Megastructures 00:08
So it's incredible that the Romans had a better water s...
S01 • E01 How were the Roman engineers able to achieve such a technological feat? - Roman Megastructures 00:06
How were the Roman engineers able to achieve such a technolo...
S01 • E03 In doing so, Rome had risen to its challenge to make the Parisii - Roman Megastructures 00:10
In doing so, Rome had risen to its challenge to make the Par...
S01 • E01 And with what means - Roman Megastructures 00:06
And with what means
S01 • E03 Who, then, could have imagined that the city was about to fight - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Who, then, could have imagined that the city was about to fi...
S01 • E01 40km south-west of Lyon is a tunnel dug by the Romans - Roman Megastructures 00:08
40km south-west of Lyon is a tunnel dug by the Romans
S01 • E03 (SOLDIERS SHOUT) - Roman Megastructures 00:09
(SOLDIERS SHOUT)
S01 • E02 Constantine's most emblematic construction in the city - Roman Megastructures 00:05
Constantine's most emblematic construction in the city
S01 • E02 Covering an area of 3,700 square metres, - Roman Megastructures 00:07
Covering an area of 3,700 square metres,
S01 • E03 In passing, whole cities were pillaged or burned. - Roman Megastructures 00:04
In passing, whole cities were pillaged or burned.