This documentary focuses on the conflicts between the Greek city states and the Persian Empire in the fifth century BC, including the famous Greek victory at Marathon, and the Spartans' defence of the pass at Thermopylae, which ensured Greek freedom and victory. Features dramatised reconstructions and analysis by experts in the field of ancient history. This is the story of bloody conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians that lasted for more than fifty years in the fourth century BC. It includes the famous battle of Marathon, a victory that has echoed down the year, and Thermopylae, where the Spartans made a heroic defence of the pass. The running battles did not cease until 449 BC, when the Persians finally gave up hope of annexing Greece
The great battle fought near the English seaside town of Hastings on October 14, 1066 was one of the pivotal events in British history. The victory of Duke William of Normandy over Harold II of England was to profoundly shape the destiny of the British nation, its language, its institutions, its way of life, and in turn shape what would ultimately become the English empire. The Battle Of Hastings combines contemporary reenactment footage, period imagery, plus dramatized eyewitness accounts and computer graphics to create a vivid portrayal of one of the most famous battles in military history.