Ancient Black Ops

From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops. Each episode details the intricate complexity of the elite troops who performed the assassination missions and how they worked.

2014 HD 60min United Kingdom English

Murtaza Arif Max Bracey Martin Krøis Holtmann Nicholas Marshall Kumud Pant Umit Ulgen

Action Drama

greek

S1E1 - Assassins 2014-09-17

The true story of the Assassins. Originally a persecuted band of Ismailis, a Shi’ite Muslim sect, they found themselves vastly outnumbered by the Sunnis of medieval Persia. So they developed a special way of fighting back - killing their enemies’ leaders by using stealth, infiltration and their skills with a dagger (image shows an assassin receiving a dagger for his first mission in Persia). They would go on to murder the King of the Crusaders on the eve of his coronation.

S1E3 - The Sicarii 2014-10-01

The specialist hit squads that wreaked havoc against the Roman invaders in Jerusalem. This deadly band of stealthy assassins would eventually be cornered in the mighty hilltop fortress of Masada. What happened next has horrified and fascinated the world ever since. Image shows the ruins at Masada with the Dead Sea in background.

S1E4 - The Ghost Warrior 2014-10-08

The Germanic Ghost Warriors were one of the first special forces trained to fight specifically at night. They emerged out of the fiercely independent tribes of Germania, the wild lands to the North of the Roman Empire. When a huge Roman Army came to conquer their territory, the Ghost Warriors helped inflict the worst defeat in Roman history.

S1E6 - The Varangian Guard 2014-10-22

A look at the story of the Varangian Guard, the elite bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor.

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