Ancient Mysteries: Ancient Rome and Its Mysterious Cities

Students of history know well the remarkable innovations of the Roman Empire, but how much of the art and architecture of this highly sophisticated culture can be credited to such ancient cultures as the Greeks and the Etruscans? In this installment of the popular A&E documentary series Ancient Mysteries, archeologists seek the answer to that and numerous other questions concerning the Roman Empire while simultaneously turning their attention to modern society to find out just how much the inhabitants of the 21st Century, in turn, owe to the ingenuity of the ancient Romans.