Battles BC

Reviewing the strategies, tactics and weapons used by ancient commanders.

Hannibal: The Annihilator

S1 E1

Carthaginian commander Hannibal accomplishes the unthinkable by marching an army complete with war elephants over the Alps, then annihilating Roman legions in three key battles by using the terrain, intimidation and his iron will.

Caesar: Super Siege

S1 E4

Julius Caesar's Roman army is outnumbered but better supplied than their Gallic enemies during the siege within a siege at Alesia in 52 B.C.

Moses: Death Chase

S1 E5

Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt during the Exodus, performing a complicated night water crossing and luring the pharaoh's pursuing army to a watery grave in the Sea of Reeds.