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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

It was a slaughter, and one of the worst defeatsin Roman history

It was a slaughter, and one of the worst defeats
in Roman history

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It was a slaughter,
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and one of the worst defeats in Roman history.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:55
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
history
Production
Star Film,Georges Méliès

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Alice Roberts reveals how scientists are unearthing the evidence for cataclysmic events in the past and their disastrous consequences. From wars to earthquakes and floods to famines, the events that have helped shape the modern wo...
S01 • E04 But what can these tell us about this exceptional burial? - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
But what can these tell us about this exceptional burial?
S01 • E03 The historical sources tell us - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:21
The historical sources tell us
S01 • E05 And this is the place where they tried to defend. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
And this is the place where they tried to defend.
S01 • E02 This defeat of the Romans - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
This defeat of the Romans
S01 • E01 He saw this special bone sticking from the ground. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
He saw this special bone sticking from the ground.
S01 • E04 Some of the artefacts we did find - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
Some of the artefacts we did find
S01 • E02 They had defeated, let's say, the superpower of antiquity. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:07
They had defeated, let's say, the superpower of antiqui...
S01 • E05 ALICE ROBERTS: But resisting the Mongols was futile. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:04
ALICE ROBERTS: But resisting the Mongols was futile.
S01 • E01 And then he found there was this arrowhead sitting in the bone. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
And then he found there was this arrowhead sitting in the bo...
S01 • E05 And what Jozsef has discovered is shocking. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
And what Jozsef has discovered is shocking.
S01 • E04 This blackish material is actually the very deteriorated wood - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
This blackish material is actually the very deteriorated woo...
S01 • E01 This is an unexpected find they never had before. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
This is an unexpected find they never had before.
S01 • E04 For every new piece of wood we can collect from the Gjellestad burial, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
For every new piece of wood we can collect from the Gjellest...
S01 • E05 JOZSEF LASZLOVSKY: The two skeletons, what you can see in... - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
JOZSEF LASZLOVSKY: The two skeletons, what you can see in...
S01 • E01 When experts analysed the unsettling find, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:06
When experts analysed the unsettling find,
S01 • E05 ..right of front of me, - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
..right of front of me,
S01 • E02 So more than 10% of the legionary strength of the Roman Empire - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
So more than 10% of the legionary strength of the Roman Empi...
S01 • E03 The Roman historical sources - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:08
The Roman historical sources
S01 • E01 This shows this young man has been hit by an arrow - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:11
This shows this young man has been hit by an arrow
S01 • E04 And this tiny clue has helped them do just that. - Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts 00:05
And this tiny clue has helped them do just that.