COLLECTION · Series · 2014

Ancient Black Ops

Name: Ancient Black Ops
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6.9

From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops – men trained to perfection, skilled with a devastating array of weaponry – men who will track down their leader’s enemies and kill them. All assassination teams faced one big problem: getting close enough to kill. No one in the ancient world had sniper rifles. As a result even the most formidable Japanese Ninjas got captured and tortured. This series brings some of the most dramatic tales of antiquity to life with a mixture of dramatic reconstruction, documentary filming and expert testimony. Each episode details the intricate complexity of the elite troops who performed the assassination missions and how they worked. It shows what they had to do to achieve elite status, how they could dress, and the weapons they got to use when they completed their first mission.

Source: TMDB

* 6.9 (10)United Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

U&Yesterday · World Media Rights

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

17/09/2014

Score

6.9 / 10 (10)

Where to watch

With ads

Tubi TV

Seasons and episodes

Season 1

10 episodes · 2014

Episode 1. Assassins

2014-09-17 · 60 min

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…

Episode 2. Spartans

2014-09-24 · 60 min

How the training of the Spartan 300 is bizarrely similar to that of today’s special forces. Here we see the distinctive Spartan helmet (pictured) protects them from spear thrusts and sword strikes. Within this battled hardened group of of…

Episode 3. The Sicarii

2014-10-01 · 60 min

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…

Episode 4. The Ghost Warrior

2014-10-08 · 60 min

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…

Episode 5. Viking Berserkers

2014-10-15 · 60 min

The Viking Beserkers were the elite shock-troops of Viking warlords. Fuelled by alcohol, religious fervour and possibly hallucinogenic magic mushrooms, they believed they could adopt the spirits of wild animals. One single Viking…

Episode 6. The Varangian Guard

2014-10-22 · 60 min

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

Episode 7. Aztec Eagle Warriors

2014-10-29 · 60 min

A look at the story of what happened when 2 planes ended up on a collision course above Brazil.

Episode 8. Hawaiian Koa Warriors

2014-11-05 · 60 min

A look at the formidable Hawaiian Koa Warriors trained in the art of Loa, Hawaii's own martial arts.