Name: Clash of Ancient Warriors
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2023-07-31

Clash of Ancient Warriors

2023Returning Series3 seasons16 episodes

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.

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Episodes

1. The Siege of Paris by the Vikings

2023-07-31 | 43m

Investigating the Viking journey along the Seine and the attack upon Paris in 885.

2. The Battle of Cannae - Hannibal V. Rome

2023-08-07 | 42m

Exploring how the strategy of encirclement devised by Hannibal left 50,000 Romans dead on the battlefield of Apulia in 216 BC.

3. The Battle of Thermopylae

2023-08-14 | 44m

Using 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.

4. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

2023-08-21 | 42m

Using 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.