If We Built It Today — Season 1, Episode 5: Rise of the Aqueducts

Episode synopsis

Rome's aqueducts are one of the greatest engineering marvels in history, and it took dangerous, cutting-edge construction to build them. Experts use the latest tech and modern-day science to reveal if building them a second time would be just as deadly.

About If We Built It Today

They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Secrets in the Pyramid
• E2Battle of Brooklyn Bridge
• E3Ghosts of the Colosseum
• E4Hunt for Noah's Ark
• E6Secrets at the Great Wall
• E7Fortress of the Gods
• E8Doomsday in Venice
• E9Resurrecting Notre-Dame