Movies and TvShows featuring "ancient-warfare" theme.

Greek general Themistocles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by Xerxes and Artemisia. Themistocles seeks help from Sparta and faces the challenge of defeating a much larger Persian navy. He must also confront his own personal demons and make difficult choices to protect Greece.

In ancient Greece, King Leonidas leads 300 Spartans to defend their land against the invading Persian army. Despite being heavily outnumbered, they use their strategic location to their advantage and fight bravely against all odds. The Spartans face betrayal, but ultimately make a heroic last stand, inspiring the Greeks to unite and fight against the Persians.

Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, faces a terrible fate as she becomes the sacrificial offering to the gods in order to secure victory in the Trojan War. Betrayal, guilt, and religious fanaticism take center stage in this tragic story.

Last Stand of the 300 is a documentary film that depicts the heroic last stand of 300 Spartan soldiers against the massive Persian army led by King Xerxes in the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The film explores the courageous sacrifice and determination of the Spartan warriors as they fought valiantly to defend their land against overwhelming odds.

Michael Wood travels through Syria and Iraq to uncover the story of Alexander the Great's decisive battle against the might of the Persian Empire in 331 BCE. Ancient writers agreed that it was fought somewhere near the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, but the exact location has never been discovered. Using dramatic new finds in the UK - a cuneiform clay tablet in the British Museum and a papyrus dug up in Egypt - Michael sheds new light on the course of events. Then to reconstruct the campaign, he follows Alexander's route through Damascus and Aleppo to the river Euphrates in Syria and travels into Northern Iraq with the British and US military.