Ancient Warriors

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Ancient Warriors
GenreHistory
Directed byPhil Grabsky
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes20
Production
Production companySeventh Art Productions
Release
Original network Discovery Channel
Original releaseApril 17, 1994 (1994-04-17) 
June 11, 1995 (1995-06-11)

Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel.

Contents

Overview

Each 30 minute 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 their world. It also uses re-enactments and computer graphics to demonstrate tactics and military strategy. [1]

Episodes

The shows were aired as "three series" over a one-year period, from April 1994 to June 1995.

No.TitleOriginal air date [2]
1"The Assyrians: Masters of War"April 17, 1994 (1994-04-17)
Observing the 8th-century B.C. Assyrians, whose success at warfare created the largest empire to date, stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
2"The Celts"April 24, 1994 (1994-04-24)
3"The Normans"May 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)
4"The Legions of Rome"May 8, 1994 (1994-05-08)
5"The Macedonians"May 15, 1994 (1994-05-15)
6"Soldiers of the Pharaoh"May 22, 1994 (1994-05-22)
7"The Spartans"May 29, 1994 (1994-05-29)
8"The Janissaries: An Army of Slaves"September 11, 1994 (1994-09-11)
9"The Huns"September 18, 1994 (1994-09-18)
10"The Knights Templar"September 25, 1994 (1994-09-25)
11"The Vikings"October 2, 1994 (1994-10-02)
12"The Highlanders"October 9, 1995 (1995-10-09)
13"The Irish: Warriors of the Emerald Isle"October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
14"The Maurya: Warriors of the Elephant"October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
15"The Aztecs"May 7, 1994 (1994-05-07)
16"The Samurai"May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
17"The Shaolin: Masters of Kung Fu"May 21, 1994 (1994-05-21)
18"The Hawaiians: Warriors of Paradise"May 28, 1995 (1995-05-28)
19"The Ninja: Warriors of the Night"June 4, 1995 (1995-06-04)
20"The Sioux: Warriors of the Plains"June 11, 1995 (1995-06-11)
Special"The Zulu"TBA
Special"The Romans"TBA

Home media

A DVD set of the three series was released in October 2002. Each Volume contains two discs.

Details

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References

  1. Ancient Warriors Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  2. "Ancient Warriors". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  3. Ancient Warriors: Volume 1, Bfs Entertainment, 2002-10-08, retrieved 2017-09-18