6.00 p.m. |HINT| Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Ancient Rome
Rome was the center of one of the most remarkable and influential of all ancient civilizations; where the Forum played host to great affairs of state, while the people flocked to the Colosseum to see gladiators fight to the death in mortal combat. This episode provides a colorful, entertaining, and informative guide to the treasures left us by these extraordinary people. Computer-animated sequences and 3D graphics, vivid and authentic filmed recreations, period imagery, new location footage of Rome today, and concise comment and analysis all combine to provide viewers with a recreated Rome in all its glory.
8.00 p.m. |HINT| Decisive Battles: Marathon
Marathon, Greece, September 490 BC. King Darius leads his Persian army in an attack on Greece. When the Persian fleet, carrying massive infantry and cavalry, arrived on Greek soil at Marathon Bay, the Greeks were outnumbered 4:1. But in an heroic effort, the Athenian hoplite warriors were victorious in a fight against both greater numbers and time. Yet while they fought on land, Persian ships were sailing round to sack the undefended city. Athens had to be warned--thus Phidippides' 26-mile run.
Rome was the center of one of the most remarkable and influential of all ancient civilizations; where the Forum played host to great affairs of state, while the people flocked to the Colosseum to see gladiators fight to the death in mortal combat. This episode provides a colorful, entertaining, and informative guide to the treasures left us by these extraordinary people. Computer-animated sequences and 3D graphics, vivid and authentic filmed recreations, period imagery, new location footage of Rome today, and concise comment and analysis all combine to provide viewers with a recreated Rome in all its glory.
8.00 p.m. |HINT| Decisive Battles: Marathon
Marathon, Greece, September 490 BC. King Darius leads his Persian army in an attack on Greece. When the Persian fleet, carrying massive infantry and cavalry, arrived on Greek soil at Marathon Bay, the Greeks were outnumbered 4:1. But in an heroic effort, the Athenian hoplite warriors were victorious in a fight against both greater numbers and time. Yet while they fought on land, Persian ships were sailing round to sack the undefended city. Athens had to be warned--thus Phidippides' 26-mile run.