Where did it come from? The mobile society. Ancient Rome. Season 1, episode 5
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Travel to the heart of the Roman Empire to examine it's remarkable civil engineering project that resulted in a 53-thousand mile network of highways. Host Michael Guillen takes us on a chariot ride through ancient Rome and discovers that many of the highway amenities that we imagine as modern developments date back over 2000 years. It's an amazing look at a travel network where so little has changed after so many years.
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45 minutes
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Geography
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Alexander Street
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