Episodes

9 episodes in this season

The Islamic World

60 min

The Chinese

60 min

The Aztecs, Maya and Incas

60 min

The Romans

60 min

The Indians

60 min

The Mesopotamians

60 min

The Egyptians

60 min

The Greeks

60 min

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The Britons

60 min

What the Ancients Did for Us

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The Britons

Season 1 · Episode 9 · Apr 13, 2005

A lot of people still think that we were just woad-covered savages before the Romans came along. Well, we weren't - firstly we weren't covered in woad but dressed in a rather elegant new-fangled invention - trousers; more importantly we were organised, spiritual, technologically advanced Brits with European business connections â€“ all without towns and cities or being able to read and write! This programme shows the evolution of the people of Britain from Stone Age hunters to Iron Age warriors. From early people who used animal bone picks to dig mines to a society skilled in the use of metallurgy, bronze, iron and gold. From a nomadic existence to a society organised into tribes with their own coinage and identities. From farmers using simple wooden ploughs to ferocious warriors driving thousands of chariots and repulsing the invading Roman army of Julius Caesar.

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What the Ancients Did for Us

TV Series

20051h7.0

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The Britons

Season 1 · Episode 9 · Apr 13, 2005

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