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The Rise of the Roman Empire

Legions of Conquest

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Seduction of Power

Grasp of Empire

The Cult of Order

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Letters from the Roman Front

Hidden History

Rome: Power & Glory

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Seduction of Power

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Mar 9, 1998

Rome seemed to own the world. Her empire stretched from Scotland to the Sahara. Her army controlled three continents. Fifty million people lived under her laws. Rome's Empire was the greatest political prize the world had ever seen. "Seduction of Power" is the story of those who would do anything to win it. The same political system that had created the magnificent monuments of the Roman Empire, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Forum and provided "bread and circuses" for all, would prove a breeding ground for self-interest, assassination and civil wars. The same highly-disciplined Legions that had conquered an area of more than two million square miles would dissolve into warring factions, be turned against Rome's own citizenry and in the end, prove unable to maintain the expanse of its conquests.

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Rome: Power & Glory

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19989.0

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Seduction of Power

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Mar 9, 1998

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