
Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel. Each half-hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall. The show explores the motivations of ancient soldiers, as well as how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world. It also uses battle re-enactments and computer graphics to demonstrate military strategy.
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Air Date: 1994-04-17
The Assyrians were the first people to employ a standing army, using recruits from conquered nations to put 200,000 m...
Air Date: 1994-04-24
The Celts were one of the most important civilisations of Europe and at their zenith had conquered Central Europe, Fr...
Air Date: 1994-05-01
Descendants of the Vikings, the Normans were one of the most successful warrior groups of the Middle Ages, conquering...
Air Date: 1994-05-08
The story of Rome's rise to a world empire is one of the most fascinating in history and it was the training, discipl...
Air Date: 1994-05-15
Philip of Macedonia created one of the most effective and successful armies of antiquity based on the phalanx, a comp...
Air Date: 1994-05-22
Enormous preparation and financial expenditure went towards creating a fighting force for Ramses II that could protec...
Air Date: 1994-05-29
The Spartans were the most effective warriors of the Greek civilisations due to their rigorous training and the auste...