Collective title from disc labels

Originally produced as 12 episodes of the television program Engineering an empire in 2006 & 2007 (discs 1-4), and 2 television documentary specials in 2005 ("Rome", disc 5) & 2006 ("Egypt", disc 6)

Special feature (disc 4): season 1 behind-the-scenes featurette (19 min.)

Special features (disc 5): behind-the-scenes featurette on "Rome" (writer/producer, Michael Scalere ; producer, Tim Nolan ; 21 min.)

Special features (disc 6, min.): 3 "Egypt"--Related featurettes ("An inside look at 'Egypt'" with Peter Weller, 11 min.; "From the director's chair" with Christopher Cassell, 13 min.; "Everything you wanted to know about ''Egypt'" with Salima Ikram, 11 min.)

disc 1. Greece ; Greece : age of Alexander / produced, written & directed by Ted Poole ; The Aztecs / produced, written & directed by Jim Gaffey -- disc 2. Carthage / produced, written & directed by Jessica Conway ; China / produced, written & directed by Joanna Chejade-Bloom, Doug Ross ; Russia / produced, written & directed by Sarah Hutt -- disc 3. Britain: blood and steel / produced, written & directed by Kristin Gray ; The Persians / produced, written & directed by Hassan Ildari ; The Maya: death empire / produced, written & directed by Dana K. Ross -- disc 4. Napoleon: steel monster / produced, written & directed by Penny Fearon ; The Byzantines / produced, written & directed by Rebecca J. Ratliff ; Da Vinci's world / produced, written & directed by Anna K. Ross, Gabrielle Mahler -- discs 5 & 6. Rome: engineering an empire ; Egypt: engineering an empire / produced, written & directed by Christopher Cassel