Ancient Assassins

  • : 2014
  • : 21
  • : 3
  • AHC
  • Documentary

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2x1
Vlad's Impalers
Episode overview
08, 2016
The Season 2 premiere focuses on Vlad "The Impaler" Tepes, a 15th-century Romanian prince, and the legends of mass murder against his enemies and his own people. Tepes was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula."
2x2
Alexander the Great's Spidermen
Episode overview
15, 2016
When Alexander the Great confronts a rebel warlord in an impregnable mountain stronghold, he dispatches 300 hand-picked warriors to scale the sheer rock face, at night, without being detected.
2x3
Beautiful Samurai
Episode overview
22, 2016
A female samurai named Tomoe Gozen is famous for her bravery and fighting skills on the battlefield in 12th-century Japan.
2x4
Rome's Navy Seals
Episode overview
29, 2016
They are the amphibious Roman unit tasked with the impossible. Called Batavians, they led the invasion of ancient Britain in AD43. Discover the story behind a desperate mission deep in enemy territory that may hand the emperor an unlikely victory.
2x5
The Real Braveheart
Episode overview
05, 2016
A profile of Sir William Wallace, the legendary Scottish knight who played an important role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
2x6
Viking Apocalypse
Episode overview
12, 2016
A 9th-century conflict between English monarch Alfred the Great and invading Vikings is recalled.
2x7
Kung Fu Nun
Episode overview
19, 2016
1644. Ng Mui escapes from Beijing. Taking refuge in a Shaolin monastery, she learns their Kung Fu and develops a new form of the martial art.
2x8
The Pope's Bodyguards
Episode overview
26, 2016
In the 16th century a collection of 20,000 Germanic mercenaries attempt to breach the walls of Rome so that they can take the Pope hostage.
2x9
Medieval Mercenaries
Episode overview
03, 2016
English mercenary Sir John Hawkwood makes a name for himself in 14th-century Italy by serving a variety of sponsors, including Pope Gregory XI in the War of the Eight Saints.
2x10
Sacred Band of Thebes
Episode overview
03, 2016
The Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. pits the Spartans versus the Thebans, with the decisive blow enabled by the Sacred Band of Thebes.
2x11
Sacred Band of Thebes
Episode overview
10, 2016
The Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. pits the Spartans versus the Thebans, with the decisive blow enabled by the Sacred Band of Thebes.