Investigating the Viking journey along the Seine and Ragnar Lothbrok's attack upon Paris.

Exploring how the strategy of encirclement devised by Hannibal left 50,000 Romans dead on the battlefield of Apulia.

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 in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states.

Using modern science to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times. Experts look at the Battle of the Teutonburg Forest, fought in modern Kalkriese in AD 9, when an alliance of Germanic peoples ambushed Roman legions.

In 1066, William of Normandy decided to go to England to claim the crown of England, which ignited a war of succession on an exceptional scale.

The Persian king Darius the Great sends an expeditionary force to Greece in retaliation for Athens' support of a revolt among the Greek cities of Ionia. When the Persian army lands, it is met by the Athenian army.