"The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" is a two-part special that re-tells the staggering expansion, domination, and ultimate collapse of one of history’s greatest and most cautionary civilizations.

After hundreds of years of colonial dominance in Europe, the western Roman Empire fell in the fifth century C.E., weakened by internal strife and attacking Germanic tribes. The empire’s long reign and ...

“Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.” The great historian Arnold Toynbee concluded this in his 12-volume magnum opus A Study of History. It was an exploration of ...