The Assyrians conquered an empire from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. They plundered the great city of Babylon, and enslaved the tribes of Israel. even Egyptian pharaohs paid them tribute. Their army was the largest, strongest, and cruelest yet seen.

The Celts seemed half man, half beast. They were as wild as the hills they emerged from. In battle, none were more reckless or more fearless. They appeared so terrible that their foes might turn and run before a blow was struck. They fought for nothing less than victory and mocked death itself.

On an autumn day almost 1000 years ago, one of the greatest battles in history began. Invaders have struck England, their prized weapon, and armored knight, a powerful horse, an unstoppable charge, Yet the charge is stopped by a wall of English shields. Before the sun set, these English knights of France will win England...or an English grave.

At the end of the second century AD, a roman soldier crossed the river Danube and left the civilized world behind him. Trained to obey he never questioned to order to march into the unknown. In the war to come victory would depend on such unflinching discipline. It was the greatest weapon of the greatest army that the world had ever seen.

Their revolutionary tactics would change the way war was fought forever. They would march further than any soldiers had before them and crush all opposition. In one afternoon they would defeat the proudest civilization of their day. Led by the greatest general in history, they would forge an empire that stretched from Greece to the Indies River.

In the 7th century BC the ancient kingdom of Egypt was conquered. Cities were burned, temples were destroyed, and the people cruelly cast aside. Humiliated by his defeat, the Pharaoh vowed to reclaim his country. Out of the ashes rode an army, burning with vengeance.