Ancient Assassins

Season 2

10 episodes · Oct 8, 2016

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  • S2E1

    Vlad's Impalers

    Oct 8, 201645m

    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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  • S2E2

    Alexander the Great's Spidermen

    Oct 15, 201645m

    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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  • S2E3

    Beautiful Samurai

    Oct 22, 201645m

    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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  • S2E4

    Rome's Navy Seals

    Oct 29, 201645m

    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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  • S2E5

    The Real Braveheart

    Nov 5, 201645m

    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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  • S2E6

    Viking Apocalypse

    Nov 12, 201645m

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

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  • S2E7

    Kung Fu Nun

    Nov 19, 201645m

    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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  • S2E8

    The Pope's Bodyguards

    Nov 26, 201645m

    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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  • S2E9

    Medieval Mercenaries

    Dec 3, 201645m

    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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  • S2E10

    Sacred Band of Thebes

    Dec 3, 201645m

    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.

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