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Battles BC is a 2009 documentary series looking at key battles in ancient history. The show was known for its very gritty nature, visual effects similar to the film 300 and its highly choreographed fight scenes with various weapons [ 1 ]
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the Ancient world starting with Ancient Egypt and lasting until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in about AD 476. Note: All wars are BC unless other wise noted.
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. [1] The show was hosted by Matthew Settle , who usually traveled to the sites of the battles.
Decisive battle leading to the partition of the state of Jin into three smaller states of Zhao, Han, and Wei, which became three of the seven warring states in China. 450 BC: Siege of Citium: Persia maintains control over Cyprus. Battle of Salamis: Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet at Cyprus. Battle of Nomae: Greeks defeat Sicels ...
The earliest allusions to a specific battle are those to the Battle of the Ten Kings in which extensive use of chariots between inter-tribal wars was found in Mandala 7 of the Rigveda. The two great ancient epics of India , Ramayana and Mahabharata ( c. 1000 –500 BC) are centered on conflicts and refer to military formations, theories of ...
Battles by ancient peoples involved (10 C) Battles of antiquity by country involved (19 C) * Sieges of antiquity (6 C, 16 P) Naval battles of antiquity (7 C, 1 P) H.
Another battle often noted for being a victory against all odds was the Battle of Agincourt (1415), [10] [11] which saw a depleted English army, led by King Henry V and composed of 5,000 to 8,000 longbowmen, achieve victory over a superior French army of 15,000 to 30,000 cavalry and heavy infantry; the English were outnumbered, possibly by as ...
Battle of Carchemish: Neo-Babylonian Empire: Egypt Remnants of the Neo-Assyrian Empire: 601 BC 586 BC Jewish–Babylonian war: Neo-Babylonian Empire Moab Ammon Chaldea: Kingdom of Judah: 590 BC 585 BC Median-Lydian war (Battle of the Eclipse) Medes: Lydia: Before 588 BC Tarquin the Elder's war with the Latins: Roman Kingdom: Latin League: 595 ...