Season 3 • Episode 6
LatestAn Indian nation that was forced from its homelands and who had to learn the art of war in order to survive.
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.
Production
90s CGI so janky it's charming
Practical Effects
Committed reenactors in questionable wigs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This series helped fuel the 90s 'ancient warfare boom' alongside games like Age of Empires—basically dad-TV before dad podcasts existed.
The show's budget reportedly varied wildly per episode, explaining why some battles look like Hollywood epics and others like twelve guys in a field near Vancouver.
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