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Chief Of War

(2025) S1

Starring: Jason Momoa, Luciane Buchanan, Te Kohe Tuhaka

Drama, History

IMDb 7.9/10 ★

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Vikings

(2013-2020) S1-S6

Starring: Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig

Action, Adventure, Drama

IMDb 8.5/10 ★

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Joan of Arc

Between History and Legend - Exploring the Truth Behind the Myth

(1412-1431 AD)

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Knightfall

(2017-2019) S1-S2

Starring: Tom Cullen, Simon Merrells, Mark Hamill

Action, Adventure, History

IMDb 6.8/10 ★

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Vlad the Impaler

The Real History Behind the Dracula Legend

(1431-1476 AD)

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15th Century

Game Of Thrones

(2011-2019) S1-S8
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington
Adventure, Action, Drama

IMDb 9.3/10 ★

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Da Vinci's Demons

(2013-2015) S1-S3
Starring: Tom Riley, Elliot Cowan, Laura Haddock
Adventure, Drama, Biography

IMDb 8.0/10 ★

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Vlad the Impaler

The Real History Behind the Dracula Legend

(1431-1476 AD)

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Joan of Arc

Between History and Legend - Exploring the Truth Behind the Myth

(1412-1431 AD)

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The Borgias

(2011-2013) S1-S3
Starring: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger
History, Drama, Crime

IMDb 7.9/10 ★

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The Conqueror's Journey

Mehmed II's Rise Through War and Strategy

(1432-1481 AD)

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The Printing Press

and the Birth of the Modern World
(ca.1440 AD)

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Machu Picchu:

The Lost City of the Incas — Untold Story
(ca.1450 AD)

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A Century of Change

The 15th century marked a turning point between the medieval world and the dawn of the modern age.

Across Europe, the Renaissance ignited a wave of creativity, discovery, and new thinking in art, science, and philosophy. Meanwhile, explorers set sail beyond known horizons, empires rose and fell, and innovations like the printing press began transforming how people shared knowledge. It was also a time of shifting power, religious upheavals, and growing global connections that reshaped trade, culture, and ideas.

By the century's end, the foundations were laid for the dramatic transformations of the Age of Exploration and the Reformation.

Facts

Time period: Years 1401-1500 AD, Late Middle Ages
Global population: est. ~400-500 million

Major events: Fall of Constantinople (1453), Gutenberg's printing press (~1440), Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
Conflicts: Hundred Years' War ends (1453), War of the Roses (England, 1455-1487), Ottoman expansion
Inventions: Printing press, advances in navigation (astrolabe, caravel ships)
Culture: Early Renaissance art (Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli), rise of humanism
Exploration: Portuguese voyages along Africa's coast, discovery of sea routes to India
Power shifts: Rise of the Ottoman Empire, decline of Byzantium, strengthening of European monarchies

Ancient Rome

Rome

(2005-2007) S1-S2
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, James Purefoy
Drama, Action, War

IMDb 8.5/10 ★

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Spartacus

(2010-2013) S1-S3
Starring: Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett
Action, Adventure, Drama

IMDb 8.5/10 ★

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The Roman Colosseum

Arena of Blood, Glory, and Empire
(ca.70 AD)

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Caligula

Madness, Power, and Excess
(37-41 AD)

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Decebalus

The Last King of Dacia and Rome's Fiercest Enemy
(87-106 AD)

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A Civilization That Shaped the World

Ancient Rome was one of the most remarkable civilizations in human history, leaving an enduring mark on law, politics, architecture, language, and culture.

Rising from a small settlement on the banks of the Tiber River, Rome grew into a powerful republic and eventually a vast empire stretching across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. Its achievements in governance, military innovation, engineering, and the arts shaped the foundations of Western civilization.

Yet Rome's story was also one of ambition, conquest, and internal strife, ending with the fall of the Western Empire but continuing for centuries in the East as the Byzantine Empire.

Key Facts

Time period: ~753 BC (founding) to 476 AD (fall of Western Empire)
World population (1st century AD): est. ~200-300 million

Government forms: Monarchy → Republic → Empire
Territory at height: ~5 million km² (around 117 AD)
Languages: Latin (official), Greek (widely used in the East)
Famous leaders: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Constantine
Engineering feats: Roads, aqueducts, Colosseum, Pantheon, public baths
Legal legacy: Roman law, basis for modern civil law systems
Religion: Paganism (early) → Christianity (from 4th century AD)
Fall of Western Empire: 476 AD; Eastern Empire (Byzantine) survived until 1453