Ancient Warriors
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Ancient Warriors

Ancient Warriors is a 1994 20-part documentary series from the Discovery Channel. Each half-hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall. The show 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.

1. Janissaries: An Army of Slaves

0.0Sep 11, 1994

Originally captured Christian slaves, the Janissaries became some of the most feared troops of the Muslim world.