History | War
Station:
Sky History (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2023-07-31
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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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S1E2 - The Battle of Cannae - Hannibal v Rome
Modern techniques are called upon to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times. The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War, taking place in August 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in south-east Italy. The Carthaginian army under Hannibal destroyed a numerically superior Roman army under command of the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro
Air Date: 07 Aug 2023 15:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - The Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae, fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. The Persians ultimately claimed victory.
Air Date: 14 Aug 2023 15:00 (CDT)
S1E4 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest, contested in 9AD, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions and their auxiliaries. Rome's eventual defeat not only stopped the growth of its empire, but also created the Latin-Germanic divide that persists in Western Europe to this day.
Air Date: 21 Aug 2023 15:00 (CDT)