Episode 1: Legends and Blood

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The roots of ancient Greece stretch deep into a mythical past. The first episode of this five-part series traces these origins. In the 2nd millennium BC, the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe’s first advanced civilisations through trade, ingenuity, and violence. Researchers show that the Bronze Age inhabitants of the Aegean had more in common with the later Greeks than long assumed.

The roots of ancient Greece stretch deep into a mythical past. The first episode of this five-part series traces these origins. In the 2nd millennium BC, the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe’s…

Greece awakens from the "Dark Ages" and enters an era of transformation. Across the Aegean, a new cultural identity begins to form, shaped by shared religion, writing, and values. Yet rivalry defines…

In the 6th century BC, Athens transforms through war and violence into a democracy. Episode three recounts how an aristocrat topples the last tyrant and introduces revolutionary reforms. The Persian…

The fourth episode immerses viewers in the Peloponnesian War – a decades-long fratricidal conflict between Athens and Sparta, shaking democracies and ending Greece's golden age. International experts…

The Peloponnesian War left Greece drained and weakened. A northern state is poised to fill the power vacuum: Macedonia. The fifth episode explores how Philip II turned a backward city-state into a…