Christopher Cassel

This fascinating History Channel documentary highlights the engineering feats involved in the construction of ancient Rome, reinforcing the adage that the city was hardly built in a day. Segments focus on the construction of the city's famed aqueducts and the Baths of Caracalla, as well as landmarks such as Hadrian's Wall, Caesar's Bridge, the Coliseum and the Pantheon. (netflix)

The History Channel examines the Dark Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire to the First Crusade. (imdb)

Scandals of the Ancient World digs up the juiciest "dirt" of Ancient Egypt. In a centuries-long romp through sex, drugs, celebrity scandals, military mishaps, and murders, this show is the Vanity Fair of the Ancient World. New technology, recently discovered writings and fresh theories will explain once and for all the how and why behind the most salacious events of ancient civilizations, through the use of stylized dramatizations and active on site interviews.

Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever. (imdb)

Delves into Joran van der Sloot's lifelong pattern of violence and pathological lying through rare interviews and new insights years after he brutally murdered American Natalee Holloway and Peruvian Stephany Flores.