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.[1] The show used the game engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D versions of the battles.[2] The show was hosted by Matthew Settle, who usually traveled to the sites of the battle. Reruns of the show air on the History International channel.
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[edit] Battles
- Cannae (Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae, 216 BC) Aired on Friday, July 23, 2004
- Gaugamela (Alexander's victory over Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC) Aired on Friday, July 30
- Marathon (Battle of Marathon, 490 BC) Aired on Friday, August 6
- Thermopylae (Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC) Aired on Friday, August 13
- Spartacus (selected battles of the Third Servile War, 73 to 71 BC) Aired on Friday, August 20
- Attila the Hun (Battle of Chalons, AD 451) Aired on Friday, August 27
- Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man (Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC) Aired on Friday, September 3
- The Gothic Invasion of Rome (Battle of Adrianople and the Sack of Rome AD 378 to 410) Aired on Friday, September 10
- Hail Caesar! (Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC) Aired on Friday, September 24
- Birth of the Roman Empire (Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC) Aired on Friday, October 1
- Boudicca: Warrior Queen, AD 61 (Battle of Watling Street, AD 61) Aired on Friday, October 8
- Ramses II (Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BC) Aired on Friday, October 15
- Herman the German (Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, AD 9) Aired on Friday, October 22
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[edit] References
- ^ Season 1 (Episode Guide) http://www.fancast.com/tv/Decisive-Battles/102041/episodes Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ John Gaudiosi, "Rome: First a Game, Now on TV," Wired (05.17.04).
