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Clash of Ancient Warriors
Overview
Clash of Ancient Warriors is a series that uses modern science to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times. Spartans vs Persians in the battle of Thermoplyae, Hannibal vs Rome in the battle of Cannae, The Knights Templar vs Saladdin’s riders at Mongisard, Greeks vs Trojans in the siege of Troy...Military genius and epic battles have led the greatest civilisations to the pinnacle of glory...or the brink of collapse. Join scientists as they hunt for the hidden clues and traces of titanic clashes that could unlock the truth about how one army triumphed and changed the course of history. Unfolding s a countdown to annihilation, each episode builds on the scientist’s investigation to retrace, hour by hour, the dramatic chain of events that ultimately led one side to a bloody victory.
Seasons
Season 1 (2023)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Siege of Paris by the Vikings
2023-07-31Investigating the Viking journey along the Seine and the attack upon Paris in 885.
Runtime: 43 minEpisode 2: The Battle of Cannae - Hannibal V. Rome
2023-08-07Exploring how the strategy of encirclement devised by Hannibal left 50,000 Romans dead on the battlefield of Apulia in 216 BC.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 3: The Battle of Thermopylae
2023-08-14Using modern science to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times, a group of experts look at the Battle of Thermopylae, fought between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states in 480 BC.
Runtime: 44 minEpisode 4: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
2023-08-21Using modern science to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times, experts look at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, fought in modern Kalkriese, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legion in 9 AD.
Runtime: 42 min
Season 2 (2024)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Battle of Hastings
2024-09-23In 1066, William of Normandy decided to go to England to claim the crown of England - which ignited a war of succession on an exceptional scale.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 2: Battle of Marathon
2024-09-30In 490 BC, Persian King Darius the Great sent an expeditionary force to Greece - but the Greeks awaited them there, repelling the invaders in a single battle.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 3: Battle of Agincourt
2024-10-07In 1415, the finest French chivalry met at Agincourt. Exhausted and outnumbered, the army of King Henry V of England was easy prey - but it all went wrong.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 4: Battle of Gergovia
2024-10-14In 52 BC, after eight years of warfare in Gaul, Julius Caesar and his legions laid siege to Gergovia - but he faced a coalition of all the Gallic tribes.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 5: The Catalaunian Plains
2024-10-21Atilla, king of the Huns, faces strongman of the Roman Empire, Generalissimo Aetius. But their terrible battle ends in a bloodbath, with no clear victory.
Runtime: 42 minEpisode 6: Battle of Sekigahara
2024-10-28The Battle of Sekigahara saw Tokugawa Ieyasu emerge victorious over his rival Ishida Mitsunari, uniting the country under the Tokugawa shogunate.
Runtime: 42 min
