Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2015-08-20
Ended: 2015-08-27
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Thursday
Air time: 20:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
The first city of a million was built two thousand years ago. But how did they make Ancient Athens and Rome work without petrol, gas or electricity? Professor Wallace-Hadrill finds out.