Order from Chaos; Years of Trial
Sigourney Weaver narrates this two-part history charting the growth of “the world’s first and most enduring superpower.” Part 1’s first hour focuses on Augustus, the brilliant ruler who brought “Order from Chaos” following the civil wars of the first century B.C. and ushered in a Pax Romana that would last roughly 200 years. Also observed: social trends as gleaned in writings of Suetonius, Tacitus, Petronius and Ovid., Sigourney Weaver narrates this two-part history charting the growth of “the world’s first and most enduring superpower.” Part 1’s first hour focuses on Augustus, the ruler who brought “Order from Chaos” following the civil wars of the first century B.C.
