Ancient Warriors
Ancient Warriors is a documentary series from the Discovery Channel, looking at the warrior groups and armies that shaped history. The series consists of twenty episodes, each of which looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall. The series explores the motivations of ancient soldiers, as well as how they lived, fought, trained, died, and changed the world. It also uses battle re-enactments and computer graphics to demonstrate military strategy. The warriors covered in the series include: the Assyrians, Celts, Normans, Legions of Rome, Macedonians, Soldiers of the Pharaoh, Spartans, Janissaries, Huns, Knights Templar, Vikings, Highlanders, Irish Warriors, Maurya Warriors of the Elephant, Aztecs, Samurai, Shaolin Monks, Hawaiians, Ninja, and Sioux.
| Episode 05 - The Macedonians |
Philip of Macedonia transformed a largely peasant society into one of the most effective and successful armies of antiquity.
| Related Links |
| Ancient Macedonians - wikipedia The Macedonians were an ancient tribe from the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios. |
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