Ancient Assassins

Season 2

2016 · 10 episodes · 7h 30m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Vlad's Impalers

   8 Oct 2016 · 45 min

   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."

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   2. Alexander the Great's Spidermen

   15 Oct 2016 · 45 min

   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.

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   3. Beautiful Samurai

   22 Oct 2016 · 45 min

   A female samurai named Tomoe Gozen is famous for her bravery and fighting skills on the battlefield in 12th-century Japan.

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   4. Rome's Navy Seals

   29 Oct 2016 · 45 min

   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.

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   5. The Real Braveheart

   5 Nov 2016 · 45 min · 7.0/10

   A profile of Sir William Wallace, the legendary Scottish knight who played an important role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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   6. Viking Apocalypse

   12 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   A 9th-century conflict between English monarch Alfred the Great and invading Vikings is recalled.

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   7. Kung Fu Nun

   19 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   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.

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   8. The Pope's Bodyguards

   26 Nov 2016 · 45 min

   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.

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   9. Medieval Mercenaries

   3 Dec 2016 · 45 min

   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.

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    10. Sacred Band of Thebes

    3 Dec 2016 · 45 min

    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.