Decisive Battles was a television series produced by the History Channel. It was hosted by Matthew Settle and depicted various historical battles using the Rome: Total War engine. The show ran for 13 episodes in mid-2004 each Friday, between 23 July and 22 October. Reruns of the show were shown on the History International channel and the Military History channel.
List of episodes[]
| # | Episode | Airdate | Battle Depicted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannae | 23 July 2004 | Battle of Cannae |
| 2 | Gaugamela | 30 July 2004 | Battle of Gaugamela |
| 3 | Marathon | 6 August 2004 | Battle of Marathon |
| 4 | Thermopalye | 13 August 2004 | Battle of Thermopylae |
| 5 | Spartacus | 20 August 2004 | Third Servile War |
| 6 | Attila the Hun | 27th August 2004 | Battle of Chalons |
| 7 | Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man | 3 September 2004 | Battle of Carrhae |
| 8 | The Gothic Invasion of Rome | 10 September 2004 | Battle of Adrianople & Sack of Rome |
| 9 | Hail Caesar! | 24 September 2004 | Battle of Pharsalus |
| 10 | Birth of the Roman Empire | 1 October 2004 | Battle of Cynoscephalae |
| 11 | Boudicca: Warrior Queen, AD 61 | 8 October 2004 | Battle of Watling Street |
| 12 | Ramses II | 15 October 2004 | Battle of Kadesh |
| 13 | Herman the German | 22 October 2004 | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest |