Ancient Black Ops - Season 1 - Eps 1: Assassins
The true story of the Assassins. Originally a persecuted band of Ismailis, a Shi’ite Muslim sect, they found themselves vastly outnumbered by the Sunnis of medieval Persia. So they developed a special way of fighting back - killing their enemies’ leaders by using stealth, infiltration and their skills with a dagger (image shows an assassin receiving a dagger for his first mission in Persia). They would go on to murder the King of the Crusaders on the eve of his coronation.
About Ancient Black Ops
Title: Ancient Black Ops
First Air Date: 2014-09-17
Last Air Date: 2014-11-19
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.111/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 10
Network: U&Yesterday
Genres: Unknown
Production Companies: World Media Rights
Synopsis
From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops – men trained to perfection, skilled with a devastating array of weaponry – men who will track down their leader’s enemies and kill them. All assassination teams faced one big problem: getting close enough to kill. No one in the ancient world had sniper rifles. As a result even the most formidable Japanese Ninjas got captured and tortured. This series brings some of the most dramatic tales of antiquity to life with a mixture of dramatic reconstruction, documentary filming and expert testimony. Each episode details the intricate complexity of the elite troops who performed the assassination missions and how they worked. It shows what they had to do to achieve elite status, how they could dress, and the weapons they got to use when they completed their first mission.
Cast
Kumud Pant
High Priest
Umit Ulgen
King Saladin
Murtaza Arif
Mamluk 2
Max Bracey
Harald Hardrada
Martin Krøis Holtmann
Himself
Nicholas Marshall
Assassin
