Ancient Empires (Season 1)

Ancient Empires (2023) is a five-part American documentary series you can watch online on iFILM. Director Roel Rein structures each episode around one world-altering ruler: the Macedonian general who pushed east until his army refused to go further, the Roman consul who crossed the Rubicon and broke six centuries of republican rule, and the Egyptian queen who played two empires against each other for two decades.

Historians Simon Sebag-Montefiore, Nicola Denzey Lewis, and Patrick Wyman anchor the commentary between dramatized sequences. The series doesn't treat its subjects as heroes — every peak comes with the collapse that followed. Five hours on three lives that still define how we talk about power. Stream Ancient Empires online on iFILM.