Decisive Battles
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Decisive Battles was a television show on the History Channel that depicted historic battles. It ran for thirteen episodes in mid-2004. The show used the pre-release engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D versions of the battles. The show was hosted by Matthew Settle, who usually travelled to the sites of the battle. It was produced during 2003 and aired in 2004. Reruns of the show air on the History International channel.
Episodes
No. | Title | Main battle covered | Airdate (2004) |
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1 | Cannae | Battle of Cannae 216 BCE | July 23 |
2 | Gaugamela | Battle of Gaugamela 331 BCE | July 30 |
3 | Marathon | Battle of Marathon 490 BCE | August 6 |
4 | Thermopylae | Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCE | August 13 |
5 | Spartacus | Third Servile War 73 BCE | August 20 |
6 | Attila the Hun | Battle of Chalons 451 CE | August 27 |
7 | Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man | Battle of Carrhae 53 BCE | September 3 |
8 | The Gothic Invasion of Rome | Battle of Adrianople / Sack of Rome 378/410 CE | September 10 |
9 | Hail Caesar! | Battle of Pharsalus 48 BCE | September 24 |
10 | Birth of the Roman Empire | Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BCE | October 1 |
11 | Boudicca: Warrior Queen, AD 61 | Battle of Watling Street 61 CE | October 8 |
12 | Ramses II | Battle of Kadesh 1274 BCE | October 15 |
13 | Herman the German | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest 9 CE | October 22 |