Season 1

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.