Decisive Battles

2004 TV-G 30m 7.8

Important battles of world history are explored and recreated with video game visuals.

Battles are sometimes great and easily defined moments of history with whole nations and peoples in the balance. This series explores the stories of such battles of such significance, using modern video game visuals to provide a perspective that even the great commanders would envy.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Cannae

1. Cannae

Aired: Jul 23, 2004

Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae, 216 BCE.

Episode 2 Gaugamela

2. Gaugamela

Aired: Jul 30, 2004

Alexander's victory over Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, 331...

Episode 3 Marathon

3. Marathon

Aired: Aug 6, 2004

Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE.

Episode 4 Thermopylae

4. Thermopylae

Aired: Aug 13, 2004

The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BCE, where a Spartan led Greek army held off a...

Episode 5 Spartacus

5. Spartacus

Aired: Aug 20, 2004

Selected battles of the Third Servile War, 73 to 71 BCE.

Episode 6 Attila the Hun

6. Attila the Hun

Aired: Aug 27, 2004

Battle of Chalons, AD 451: No ruler in history represents the barbarian bruta...

Episode 9 Hail Caesar!

9. Hail Caesar!

Aired: Sep 24, 2004

Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC: Of all Rome's many battles, perhaps the most impo...


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Info about Decisive Battles

Current Status: Ended

Network: History

Production Country: United States

Genres: War, Animation, Documentary, History