The Cities That Made History

Nimes : The French Rome (1x2)

Air date: Sep 25, 2017

Ancient city and former Roman colony founded by Augustus, Nîmes has preserved an exceptional number of monuments dating back to the Roman period : an amphitheater, the temple called the Maison Carrée (Square House), the sanctuary of the fountain, the August door and the Tower Magne. Blending historical fiction, aerial views this docu-fiction revisits 150 years of Gallo roman when the Gallic village of Nemausus turned into a prosperous Colonia Augusta.