Hola:
Acabo de ver el documental "Armas Romanas" y pese a ser breve (21 minutos) puedo deciros que me ha parecido muy, muy bueno.
Pertenece a una serie llamada CONQUEST presentada por un tal Peter Woodward. Los capitulos que componen la serie son:
Weapons of the Bible
From the simple but deadly slingshot to the shock and awe of the war chariot, the Conquest Team learns how to fight with biblical weapons from the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages. Host Peter Woodward demonstrates the Bible's most impressive stories of warriors and their fighting tactics. Then, our team must apply this knowledge in a battle using spears, arrows, slingshots, and chariots. Find out who is victorious as they wield weapons of the Bible. TV PG
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American Soldiers in WWII
Called "The Greatest Generation", host Peter Woodward and the Conquest Team examine the weapons and tactics of U.S. soldiers in WWII. Peter and the team learn about and fire a remarkable range of historical weapons--from the dependable Thompson submachine gun to a variety of mortars and grenades. After an intense session of field training, the team takes on a final high-ammo challenge. Will a tank be enough to help them triumph against a German squad? TV PG
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How to Win in Las Vegas
Host Peter Woodward and the Conquest Team take on one-armed bandits and popular casino games as they learn to win in Las Vegas! The 1989 World Champion of Poker, Phil Hellmuth, instructs them in the finer points of craps, blackjack, roulette, and other casino favorites. They learn which bets to absolutely avoid, which games offer the best odds to the amateur, and how to avoid being played for a sucker before they face a high-stakes final challenge where more than just their pride is on the line. TV PG
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The Crossbow
Meet the challenges of extreme competition and find out if you are as tough as you think! Host Peter Woodward, an actor and fight master, and his team of combatants take on different challenges each episode with one goal in mind--to win! Peter focuses on the technology behind the equipment being profiled and demonstrates its practical use and the tactics needed to win. Shot on location around the world, he reveals the skills needed throughout history to emerge victorious! TV PG
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Weapons of the Ninja
Meet the challenges of extreme competition and find out if you are as tough as you think! Host Peter Woodward, an actor and fight master, and his team of combatants take on different challenges each episode with one goal in mind--to win! Peter focuses on the technology behind the equipment being profiled and demonstrates its practical use and the tactics needed to win. Shot on location around the world, he reveals the skills needed throughout history to emerge victorious! TV PG
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Weapons of the American Indians
Peter Woodward and the Conquest Team examine the weapons and warfare of the North American Plains Indians--a savage story of defiance and revenge in which proud, fearless warriors waged bloodthirsty battles against other Indian tribes and the white man. Though nomadic, with no concept of land ownership, the Plains Indians defended themselves with both indigenous and borrowed weaponry. Learn how to win...as Native Americans, focusing primarily on the weapons of the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho. TV PG
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Weapons of the Barbarians
Barbarians came from many lands and used many weapons to fight a common enemy. Their nemesis: the Roman Empire. Now, Peter Woodward and the Conquest Team examine the tactics and tools used by barbarians in their neverending battles against the forces of Rome. TV PG
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Trench Warfare
Trench warfare was a hellish nightmare that claimed millions of lives during World War I. But some people did survive the trenches. Host Peter Woodward leads the Conquest Team into the filth and horror of trench warfare, teaching them the skills they need to come out alive! TV PG
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Roman Weapons
Peter Woodward raises a Roman legion and trains them on the weapons that won an empire. To prepare for battle, soldiers march for hours, drill with heavy wooden swords, learn to use a dagger (pugio), throw a javelin (pilum) with pinpoint accuracy, and are introduced to the Gladius Hispaniensis--the short sword that shaped the ancient world. Woodward reveals how the Romans used superior training and weaponry to become the greatest ancient military force and model for every professional army since. TV PG
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Weapons of the Civil War
Host Peter Woodward leads a team of rookies in mastery of Civil War arsenal--namely, four key weapons that played major roles at the infamous Battle of Gettysburg. Woodward guides the green team through loading the rifled musket and facing the Union Iron Brigade; charging the enemy down Little Round Top, in the shoes of the 20th Maine, with fixed bayonets; learning if they have the target talent to become a Berdan Sharpshooter; and aiming and firing a 10-pound Parrot Cannon at a line of infantry. TV PG
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Pirate Weapons
Peter Woodward sweeps over the sea in the guise of a 17th-century Caribbean pirate, teaching the Conquest Team the dos and don'ts of close-quarter pirate warfare. As the blaze of cannons announces the attack's start, the team uses terror as its primary weapon, the cutlass and pistol as its second and third. The team learns that in a fast-paced pirate battle in search of booty, bare feet and rags not only instill fear, but also allow for the quickest movement in the fierce storming of a merchant ship. TV PG
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Early Firearms
You slam a lit match into a pan of gunpowder, six inches from your face, sending a lead ball with the diameter of a quarter hurtling toward your enemy--while he fires back at you! In the blaze of heat and blinding smoke, it's easy to see how early gun battles could easily turn disastrous. Peter Woodward teaches the Conquest Team the proper methods of loading and firing the Matchlock Rifle, the Flintlock Rifle, and the Kentucky Rifle. TV PG
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Knives and Daggers
Among the most basic killing tools developed by man, knives and daggers were as essential to the Stone Age cave dweller as they are to a modern Special Forces commando. We examine their history and evolution and see how their use in combat has changed over the ages. Then, series host Peter Woodward leads the Conquest Team in an intense hand-to-hand knife battle. The team members fight each other using skills taught to them by a martial arts master--until there is only one man left standing! TV PG
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The Medieval Broadsword
The medieval symbol of power, religion, and authority, the broadsword's final mould resulted from thousands of years of technological advances. Peter Woodward leads us through the weapon's history, noting various defiencies ancient warriors endured in battle, such as excessive weight and metal weakness. As man came closer to forging the perfect weapon, combat techniques and defensive armor evolved. Watch as the Conquest Team suits up as knights of old to test the might of the broadsword! TV PG
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Urban Ops
Peter Woodward and his team learn what it takes to be in a police SWAT team at the Direct Action Resource Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. They're put through the paces by FBI instructors John Hickman and Tim Williams and drilled in using all the special weapons and tactics employed by America's best hostage rescuers. Peter's challenge--lead his team down a rope from a helicopter, maneuver into an enemy-held building, breach the doors, clear the rooms, subdue the bad guys, and rescue the hostage! TV PG
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Stone Age Weapons
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward introduces us to Stone-Age weapons--flint or bone hand-axes, spears, bows, and slingshots--and shows us how to make them and how to fire-harden wooden spears. Paleontologists and ethnographers help us examine the weapons of primitive societies that have survived into our own time--assegais (slender hardwood spears), blowpipes, footbows, and boomerangs. TV PG
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Unarmed Combat
Bodies fly through the air as our team follows wrestling techniques painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs, and looks at Greek wrestling, one of the very earliest and most important sports. We learn how the Greeks invented boxing, and how the Romans developed it for use in the arena. Next, we look at the medieval science of unarmed combat known as "gripping". Finally, we examine ancient Eastern methods that used the body as a deadly weapon. Hosted by actor and fight master Peter Woodward. TV PG
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Swords of the Musketeers
The classic cut-and-thrust of the Hollywood movies had a basis in reality. The cup-hilt rapier, with its light and flexible blade, did not require a left-hand dagger for defense. This was the sword of the French Musketeers and of the Spanish Conquistadors--the most feared swordsmen in Europe. Our team shows how the art and sport of fencing began with this weapon, and compares the reality of the weapon with the myth of its use. Hosted by actor and fight master Peter Woodward. TV PG
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Air Combat
Though the newest form of personal warfare is less than a century old, the basics of air combat have changed little since the first soldiers of the sky soared through the air in WWI. Actor and fight master Peter Woodward trains as a fighter pilot at the Air Combat USA School in Fullerton, California, using the latest flight simulator technology and aided by top military pilots. His challenge--prepare for a dogfight to be waged in a fighter plane over the Pacific Ocean against a deadly opponent. TV PG
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Weapons of the Gladiators
The ancient world boasted many special weapons, some of which became almost ritualized. Roman gladiators' weapons reflected gods, barbarians, and idealized warriors--of 16 different types! Our team works with tridents and nets, Thracian daggers and bucklers, heavy armor and short swords, no armor and long swords. Just like gladiators, they start with wooden weapons and progress to the real thing. But did the extraordinary styles and skills developed in the arena have any practical purpose? TV PG
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The Duel
With actor and fight master Peter Woodward as guide, we see how the duel developed from trial by combat. The duel of honor was always the gentleman's recourse against slander and insult--in the 16th century, the duel had become epidemic, with half of Europe's nobility injured or killed! Our team investigates the intricate laws of dueling, and in an arranged duel, two team members face off with blunt weapons and eyeguards. We also look at some famous historical duels and the variety of weapons used. TV PG
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Bull Riding
Can actor and fight master Peter Woodward tame the untamable? Find out when we send him to Gary Leffew's Bull Riding School to be trained by a world champion bull rider in the heart of California's cowboy country! Once outfitted in Wrangler jeans, checkered shirt, and cowboy hat, Peter practices on a padded barrel, learning how to balance and relax. After experts demonstrate how to stay on a bull for 10 seconds and make a safe dismount, it's Peter's turn to ride on a 1,500-pound bucking bull! TV PG
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Knight in Armor
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward returns to the days of chivalry to find out why personal armor developed--from horn and linen to chain mail to full plate. We visit an armorer's workshop to see how it was made, and our expert team tries on various types, including the classic medieval plate armor, to assess their strengths and weaknesses, and tests fighting techniques with various knightly armor-piercing weapons. Then, we put the armored knight in his proper place--mounted on a charger! TV PG
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The Axman Cometh
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward guides viewers back to a time when knowing how to swing an ax meant the difference in life and death. Our experts practice with the Viking single- and double-headed types and learn that in the right hands these difficult and exhausting weapons had no equal. We also examine the berserker, an ax-wielding Viking warrior who worked himself into a state of concentrated fury. Finally, we look at the double-headed Saxon ax that was nearly the size of a man. TV PG
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Bow & Arrow
One of man's earliest effective hunting weapons, we learn why the bow and arrow became so dominant in history. Our combat team is sent to the woods to make their own as we study the craft of the bowyer and fletcher. We learn about Egyptian bows and try to fire accurately from an Egyptian chariot, and experiment with North American Indian bows--composite bows of horn and wood. And reenactors, using rubber-tipped arrows, recreate what it was actually like to be subjected to a "cloud of arrows". TV PG
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Demolition Derby
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward trains for the Orange County Fair's Demolition Derby, where he contends with the craziest drivers in California, all competing to have the last car running--and to take home $2,000 in prize money! For over 50 years, county fairs all over the country have been entertaining spectators with these pulverizing pile-ups, and we'll discover what it takes to put on these junkyard wars. TV PG
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Weird Weapons of the Middle Ages
Actor and fight master Peter Woodward searches museums and private collections for weird and unlikely weapons, then introduces them to our combat team to find out how they were used. We try out a Francisca, the throwing axe that gave the Franks their name; see how armored knights used a ball and chain; and learn the uses of the gruesome awl-pike, bizarre military fork, and the Guisarme, an extremely popular polearm. We also test strange axes like the Lochaber, Doloire, and Waggoner's Axe. TV PG
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Tournament
One of the quintessential images of medieval life, the tournament lasted well into Tudor times. Actor and fight master Peter Woodward investigates the purpose of these extraordinary and colorful events and how its many forms--the foot tourney, joust on horseback, the melee--developed from the ancient trial of combat. Our team experiments with weapons and armor designed for tournament, examines the rules of combat and the notion of chivalry, and joins a medieval tournament team for a joust on horseback! TV PG
Información sacada de:
http://www.historychannel.com/global/li ... pId=230459
Si quereis saber más de como se hizo el capitulo "Armas romanas" visitad :
http://www.legionsix.org/Conquest.htm
y no os perdais el resto de la web.
Y para saber más sobre el ejercito romano, la mejor página en español de la red:
http://www.historialago.com/legiones.htm
Bueno, la verdad es que la serie tiene una pinta ¡¡¡extraordinaria !!!!
A ver si hay suerte y alguien la tiene en español.
Saludos
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