• 2009
Ancients Behaving Badly

Summary This documentary explores some of the psychological behaviors regarding the world's most infamous celebrities in the ancient world, while utilizing modern scientific techniques to explain their actions. View more details

  • 2009

Ancients Behaving Badly

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Tom McCamus Darius Arya David Mallott Mike Ibeji

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Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Nov 5, 2009

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Italy

Production companies : Invictus Films Yap Films Blink Entertainment

Summary This documentary explores some of the psychological behaviors regarding the world's most infamous celebrities in the ancient world, while utilizing modern scientific techniques to explain their actions. View more details

Details

Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Nov 5, 2009

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Italy

Production companies : Invictus Films Yap Films Blink Entertainment

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Ancients Behaving Badly (2009)

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Episode 1 • Nov 05, 2009
Caligula
Ordinary people loved Caligula because he provided them entertainment, gladiatorial battles, horse races, and public executions. However, the young emperor also had a dark side.
Episode 2 • Nov 12, 2009
Attila the Hun
A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery.
Episode 3 • Nov 19, 2009
Julius Caesar
The ruler whose ego was as big as his empire declares himself dictator of Rome for life--turning his allies to enemies in the process.
Episode 4 • Dec 18, 2009
Alexander the Great
The king of Macedonia considered himself a god; his admirers called him a military genius; his enemies considered him the devil. He used weapons of mass destruction of his day to defeat his enemies. What drove his quest for world domination and led him to massacre tens of thousands, including women and children and members of his own family?
Episode 5 • Dec 18, 2009
Nero
Emperor Nero ruled a mighty empire, but he preferred to making music, acting and writing poems. The paranoid Nero felt no mercy on those who tried to keep him off the stage.
Episode 6 • Dec 18, 2009
Hannibal
The story and psychological analysis of Carthaginian General Hannibal.
Episode 7 • Dec 18, 2009
Genghis Khan
This Mongol destroyer set in motion the conquest of a quarter of the world's population with a body count in the millions.
Episode 8 • Dec 29, 2009
Cleopatra
The infamous Queen of Egypt, known for her legendary powers of seduction, would stop at nothing, even murdering her entire family, to get her own way. Driven by power and ambition, her life was dominated by a heady cocktail of sex and murder.

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