Episodes
1. The Siege of Paris by the Vikings
July 31, 2023
43 min
Investigating the Viking journey along the Seine and the attack upon Paris in 885.
2. The Battle of Cannae - Hannibal V. Rome
August 7, 2023
42 min
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
August 14, 2023
44 min
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
August 21, 2023
42 min
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.
