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Decisive Battles was a television show that depicted historic conflicts using the game engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D simulations of the battles. 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. Reruns of the show air on the History International channel and the Military History channel.
Original Release
07/23/2004 on HIST
US Release
07/23/2004
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Matthew Settle | Self - Host |
| Philip Sabin | Self |
| Victor Davis Hanson | Self |
| Paul Cartledge | Self |
| Ronald Mellor | Self |
| Steven Pressfield | Self |
| Thomas Burns | Self |
| Richard Billows | Self |
| H.J.P. Arnold | Self |
| Peter Connolly | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannae | Friday, 23 July 2004 |
| 2 | Gaugamela | Friday, 30 July 2004 |
| 3 | Marathon | Friday, 06 August 2004 |
| 4 | Thermopylae | Friday, 13 August 2004 |
| 5 | Spartacus | Friday, 20 August 2004 |
| 6 | Attila the Hun | Friday, 27 August 2004 |
| 7 | Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man | Friday, 03 September 2004 |
| 8 | The Gothic Invasion of Rome | Friday, 10 September 2004 |
| 9 | Hail Caesar! | Friday, 24 September 2004 |
| 10 | Birth of the Roman Empire | Friday, 01 October 2004 |
| 11 | Boudica: Warrior Queen | Friday, 08 October 2004 |
| 12 | Ramses II | Friday, 15 October 2004 |
| 13 | Herman the German | Friday, 22 October 2004 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Matthew Settle | Self - Host |
| Philip Sabin | Self |
| Victor Davis Hanson | Self |
| Paul Cartledge | Self |
| Ronald Mellor | Self |
| Steven Pressfield | Self |
| Thomas Burns | Self |
| Richard Billows | Self |
| H.J.P. Arnold | Self |
| Peter Connolly | Self |
| Ian Haynes | Self |
| Joyce Tyldesley | Self |
| Adrian Goldsworthy | Self |
| Kenneth Kitchen | Self |
| John Ray | Self |
| Hans van Wees | Self |
| Mark Hassall | Self |
| Barbara Graziosi | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Frost | Executive Producer |
| Margaret Kim | Executive Producer |
| John Florescu | Executive Producer |
| Ian Roxburgh | Executive Producer |
| Tim Ansell | Executive Producer |
| James Bagshawe | Producer |
| Daphne Daly | Producer |
| Trevor Poots | Producer |
| Allan Sherwin | Producer |
| Tim Ansell | Producer |
| Ian Roxburgh | Producer |
Editors
Roger Dacier, Scott McEwing, Simon McMahon, Jamie Hutchinson
