Decisive Battles

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Decisive Battles
Genre Animated documentary
Presented by Matthew Settle
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes13
Original release
Network History Channel
Release2004 (2004)

Decisive Battles is a 2004 American animated documentary television series that depicted historic conflicts using the game engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D simulations of the battles. [1] The show was hosted by Matthew Settle, who usually traveled to the sites of the battles. It originally aired on Fridays on the History Channel, and ran for thirteen episodes in mid-2004. [2] Reruns of the show air on the History International channel and the Military History channel.

Contents

Battles

No.TitleMain battle coveredAirdate (2004)
1Cannae Battle of Cannae July 23
2Gaugamela Battle of Gaugamela July 30
3Marathon Battle of Marathon August 6
4Thermopylae Battle of Thermopylae August 13
5 Spartacus Third Servile War August 20
6 Attila the Hun Battle of Chalons August 27
7 Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man Battle of Carrhae September 3
8The Gothic Invasion of Rome Battle of Adrianople / Sack of Rome September 10
9Hail Caesar! Battle of Pharsalus September 24
10Birth of the Roman Empire Battle of Cynoscephalae October 1
11 Boudicca: Warrior Queen, AD 61 Battle of Watling Street October 8
12 Ramses II Battle of Kadesh October 15
13 Herman the German Battle of the Teutoburg Forest October 22

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References

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