Decisive Battles - Episodes- Followmy.tv

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 ... read more

Alexander's victory over Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC: Gaugamela was the greatest battle fought by Alexander the Great and it gav... read more

Battle of Marathon, 490 BC: The first great invasion of the Persian Empire was not thwarted by the Spartans, but by the Athenians. In a heroic effort, the H... read more

The gladiator Spartacus leads a revolt of slaves against their Roman masters.

Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC: In one of history's greatest displays of military heroism, 300 Spartans outside Thermopylae held off the vengeful Persians un... read more

Battle of Chalons, AD 451: No ruler in history represents the barbarian brutality as much as Attila the Hun, who swept through 5th-century Europe and emerge... read more

Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC: Although he may have been the richest man in Rome, Crassus was the poor relation in the First Triumvirate. He needed military laur... read more

Battle of Adrianople and the Sack of Rome AD 378 to 410: Corruption drove the hungry horde of Visigoths to rebel against Rome and pride drove the Emperor Va... read more

Battle of Pharsalus, 48 BC: Of all Rome's many battles, perhaps the most important was internal. When Julius Caesar went head-to-head, with Gnaeus Pompey, t... read more

Battle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC: In a classic military conflict between two Ancient World superpowers, the great Macedonian phalanx clashed mightily against... read more

Battle of Watling Street, AD 61: In the farthest flung province of the Roman Empire - Britain - a warrior queen named Boudicca rose in revolt.

Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BC: As one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Rames II confronted the biggest menace to his reign as the Hittite Wing Muwwitallah threaten... read more