Ancient Warriors (TV series)


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

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.

Episodes

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

Home media

A DVD set of the three series was released in October 2002. Each Volume contains 2 discs.