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Ancient Black Ops is a TV series that premiered on U&Yesterday on September 17, 2014. It has 1 season and 10 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 10 "The 47 Ronin", aired on November 19, 2014.
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.
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10 episodes · 1 season
2014 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 11 years ago
E10
A look at the group of 47 Ronin - dishonoured Samurais who had lost their status.
E9
The history of Ninja's, who first were a division of Japan's greatest Shogun.
A look at the formidable Hawaiian Koa Warriors trained in the art of Loa, Hawaii's own martial arts.
A look at the story of what happened when 2 planes ended up on a collision course above Brazil.
A look at the story of the Varangian Guard, the elite bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor.
E5
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 Beserker, after working himself up into a frenzy, held up an entire Saxon army with just an axe.
E4
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 Army came to conquer their territory, the Ghost Warriors helped inflict the worst defeat in Roman history.
E3
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 fascinated the world ever since. Image shows the ruins at Masada with the Dead Sea in background.
E2
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 warriors was an elite of the elite- the Krypteia – a secret death squad. The story goes that they set out to kill the invading Persian Emperor.
E1
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 enemies’ leaders by using stealth, infiltration and their skills with a dagger (image shows an assassin receiving a dagger for his first mission in Persia). They would go on to murder the King of the Crusaders on the eve of his coronation.
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The most recent episode of Ancient Black Ops, Season 1 Episode 10 "The 47 Ronin", aired on November 19, 2014.
Ancient Black Ops has 1 season with 10 episodes in total.
Ancient Black Ops first aired on U&Yesterday on September 17, 2014.
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