Must see documentaries as an RTW fan .

[Alast0r]

I remember it was a topic some years ago about some videos , but it was mainly focused on movies ( everyone perhaps likes Gladiator , 300 , Rome or Spartacus: Blood and Sand ) . So I decided to add my list of documentaries that people can enjoy and must see if they haven't done so yet :
Decisive Battles
Battles B.C
BBC Hannibal
Ancients behaving badly
I, Caesar
History Channel : Rome , rise and fall of an Empire
BBC: Ancient Rome, rise and fall of an Empire
History Channel - The True Story of Hannibal
Lost Treasures of the Ancient World
Ancient Warriors
Seven wonders of the ancient world
Heroes and Villains
Spartacus : Behind the Myth
Why ancient Egypt fell
Engineering an Empire
History Channel: The last stand of the 300 Spartans
Pompeii - The last day
Colosseum: A Gladiator's story
If you can add more to this list , please do so for other people to enjoy . Have fun !

Edit:
BBC: Ancient Worlds
Discovery Civilisation : Secrets of Ancient Empires
Discovery Channel : Ancient Rome
History Channel :Ancient Discoveries
PBS: Empires
History Channel : Barbarians
Discovery Channel : Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

[Sabazios]

Time Commanders, wich uses ''state of the art technology'' to replicate ancient battles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4jAy_0GVgk

[Achea]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=135163
Not a documentary per se, but an enjoyable RTW made movie.

Download here:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DI195950

[Alast0r]

Yes, I know about Time Commanders , but it's more a show than an documentary . Nice movie Achea , but you should really see the episode regarding Hannibal from Ancient behaving badly - in order to be declared a great commander ( Scipio ), you have to portray the looser ( Hannibal ) a great commander .
The "real deal" commanders were Alexander , Caesar , Marius, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Trajan , and many more that don't come to my mind right now .

...Scipio Africanus was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. He was best known for defeating Hannibal at the final battle of the Second Punic War at Zama, a feat that earned him the agnomen Africanus, the nickname "the Roman Hannibal", as well as recognition as one of the finest commanders in military history. An earlier great display of his tactical abilities had come already at the Battle of Ilipa....

[Achea]

I would say Hannibal is most certainly a "real deal" commander. Charismatic, intelligent and prudent with the deployment and use of his heterogeneus army makes him on par with any of the generals you just listed.

At any rate, here is an interesting documentery done by the history channel regarding the Athenian Golden Age. The next four parts are in the "related videos" column.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftB95Yh_fLU

[Alast0r]

Thanks for the info . Regarding Hannibal , people have their preferences and opinions , and I'll always respect that , for me he was a medium-commander , he used some great tactics in some of his battles ( the Battle of Cannae was also used for inspiration in the Gulf War if I'm not wrong ) , but still , he stayed 15 years in Italy and wasn't able to give the Romans a fatal blow , he lost half of his army when he crossed the Alps . It's like I'll say that Decebal was a great leader ( I'm from Romania ) , when he wasn't . Enough for Han+ or Han - , thank you for the info once again , I'll update the first post in the morning , time to have some sleep now .

[Punic Hoplite]

I liked Ancients Behaving Badly, until they did Hannibal, after which I never watched the show again, partly because I realized who was grading. The psychologist said Hannibal was an average commander, and was slightly lower than that because of his obsession with elephants, and became a 'great' commander because of the Scipios influence.


Bah.

[Achea]

The Cities of the Underworld released two episodes on the topic of Rome (Rise of Rome and the Hidden Empire) but links to ful episodes do not seem to exist.

Ancient Discoveries (http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-discoveries) is quite the interesting series that chronicles the construction of various archaic buildings and the technologies that the ancients used to construct them.

Shouldn't be too much of a stretch when a guy with the word PUNIC is in his name

I agree, however, the interpretation of Hannibal on Ancients Behaving Badly was seemingly biased and turned me off the show.

[Alast0r]

Thanks for the info Achea , updated my first post with other 3 documentaries .

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

"Battles BC"


That show is huge crap.

[Alast0r]

Well , I started this topic not with the intent to vote which show is greater than another , so please , can we try and stay constructive here ?

[Prince of Judah]

I have all of the episodes of History Channel's Rise and Fall uploaded. I have not yet properly labeled them all. At the moment eps 1-8 are unlocked.

[Prince of Judah]

now they are all available. cheers.

[Alex-Warhammer]

I also remember there was a program years ago on British tv "Time Commanders" which consisted of a team of people using a rome total war engine to replay battles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4jAy_0GVgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tXU...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gSaa...eature=related

Part 1-3 of the battle of Cannae, in that order

Oh, and I see some one already posted some other TC episode. Hopefully this one if different

[Lucarius]

There are some really good Documentaries here.
even some i did not even know of.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

History channel is actually one of the most ahistorical channels out there.

[Achea]

History channel is actually one of the most ahistorical channels out there.

Yeah, I especially love how Hannibal is portrayed as black in Battles BC.

[Lucarius]

Yeah, I especially love how Hannibal is portrayed as black in Battles BC.

Battles BC.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Battles BC.

"Battles BC"


That show is huge crap.

Stop copying me.

[Lucarius]

Stop copying me.

Wow, you are a really big Cockroach.