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Decisive Battles

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  • 2004-2004
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary, Animation, Action & Adventure
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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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Matthew Settle
Self - Host
Philip Sabin
Self
Victor Davis Hanson
Self

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Episode 1

Cannae

Fri, Jul 23, 2004

Hannibal's victory at the Battle of Cannae, 216 BC: In a classic example of double-envelopment maneuver, an under-fortified Hannibal inflicted the greatest ever defeat on the forces of Rome, who marched eight legions strong into their surprising defeat.

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