Decisive Battles (2004)

Name: Decisive Battles
Genre: Animation, Documentary, History
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Matthew Settle

Animation · Documentary · History

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 game engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D versions of the battles. 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 and the Military History channel.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (182 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Matthew Settle

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

7.62 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 21 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cannae	7.9	22
2	Gaugamela	7.5	22
3	Marathon	7.7	25
4	Thermopylae	7.3	25
5	Spartacus	7.4	23
6	Attila the Hun	7.5	20
7	Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man	7.5	24
8	The Gothic Invasion of Rome	7.9	19
9	Hail Caesar!	7.7	23
10	Birth of the Roman Empire	7.7	22
11	Boudica: Warrior Queen	7.5	25
12	Ramses II	7.4	22
13	Herman the German	8.0	21