Decisive Battles

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Decisive Battles is a 2004 American animated documentary television series that depicted historic conflicts using the game engine from Rome: Total War to present 3-D simulations of the battles.{{cite magazine | first = John | last = Gaudiosi | url = https://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2004/05/63455?currentPage=all | title = Rome: First a Game, Now on TV | magazine = Wired | date = 2004-05-17 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.fancast.com/tv/Decisive-Battles/102041/episodes |title=Decisive Battles TV Show Seasons and Episode Guide |access-date=2009-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119100748/http://www.fancast.com/tv/Decisive-Battles/102041/episodes |archive-date=2010-11-19 }} Reruns of the show air on the History International channel and the Military History channel.