Episodes

8 episodes in this season

The Rise of the Roman Empire

Legions of Conquest

Seduction of Power

Grasp of Empire

Now Playing

The Cult of Order

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Letters from the Roman Front

Hidden History

Rome: Power & Glory

TV Series

19989.0

Documentary

Now playing

The Cult of Order

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Mar 11, 1998

Rome fashioned a cultural template that resonates today in Western art, architecture, medicine and urban planning. As the Roman Empire grew, this pagan model blended with a host of beliefs reflecting the multi-cultural world it encompassed. From this mix emerged Christianity, by its very nature at odds with the deeply rooted values of Roman Culture. Romans thought they had united the world. But after centuries of conquest and glory, resentment festered within. Repression and chaos replaced tolerance and order; and the gap between the wealthy and the poor had become unimaginably wide. Indeed ninety-five percent of the population struggled beneath the poverty line. Cults of dissent emerged that threatened to divide the empire forever. "Cult of Order" aims to track the corruption of the values that made Rome 'great'; as excellence gave way to excess.

More details

Rome: Power & Glory

TV Series

19989.0

Documentary

Now playing

The Cult of Order

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Mar 11, 1998

More details