Looks at 13 of the most successful empire builders, up to the eighteenth century, that the world has ever seen. Each conqueror is detailed in turn; the scope of their conquests is examined together with the backgrounds to their careers and the results that followed after their deaths.

"From the age of legions, empires and kings, 3000 years of conquest and rule." -- T.p.

Ramses II -- Alexander the Great -- Shih Huang Di -- Julius Caesar -- Attila the Hun -- Charlemagne -- Leif Erikson -- Saladin -- Genghis Khan -- Moctezuma I -- Mehmet II -- Elizabeth I -- Peter the Great.