Ancient Greece: The Dark Chronicles

Alexander the Great

The Peloponnesian War left Greece drained and weakened. A northern state is poised to fill the power vacuum: Macedonia. The fifth episode explores how Philip II turned a backward city-state into a military superpower. His son Alexander would conquer first Greece, then challenge the mighty Persian Empire, ushering in the Hellenistic era – Greece's final chapter, defined by bloody wars and sweeping cultural change.