The drama led documentary series presents history's most iconic female fighters. Each extraordinary tale of blood, sacrifice and endurance centres on the life of one young woman warrior caught up in the bloody struggles of her time.
The three-part series chronicles the military achievements of the original Amazon nomad warriors of the Central Asian grasslands in 6th century BC, examines the highly trained female gladiators of Ancient Rome in 2nd Century AD, and discovers the terrifying all-female slave raiding regiments of Dahomey, who shaped African history at the end of the 19th century.—Sebastian Peiter