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One of the principal complaints among American film critics was that Alexander resembled less an action-drama film than a history documentary. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times , giving the film two out of four stars, wrote in his review, "[W]e welcome the scenes of battle, pomp and circumstance because at least for a time we are free of the ...
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.
Battle of Gaugamela, engraving, first half of 18th century. The Scythian cavalry from the Persian left wing opened the battle by attempting to flank Alexander's extreme right. What followed was a long and fierce cavalry battle between the Persian left and the Macedonian right, in which the latter, being greatly outnumbered, was often hard-pressed.
Main battle covered Airdate (2004) 1: Cannae: Battle of Cannae: July 23 2: Gaugamela: Battle of Gaugamela: July 30 3: Marathon: Battle of Marathon: August 6 4: Thermopylae: Battle of Thermopylae: August 13 5: Spartacus: Third Servile War: August 20 6: Attila the Hun: Battle of Chalons: August 27 7: Crassus: Rich Man, Poor Man: Battle of Carrhae ...
The scythed chariot was a modified war chariot. The blades extended horizontally for about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) to each side of the wheels. The Greek general Xenophon (430−354 BC), an eyewitness at the battle of Cunaxa, tells of them: "These had thin scythes extending at an angle from the axles and also under the driver's seat, turned toward the ground".
Alexander pursues the defeated Persian forces to Arbela, Darius moves his Bactrian cavalry and Greek mercenaries into Media. For the first time, Alexander encounters war elephants after the battle in Darius' camp. In the capital, Susa, Alexander gains access to huge treasures amounting to 50,000 gold talents (equivalent of today circa 77 ...
The film, directed by Oliver Stone, portrays the life of Alexander the Great in an epic style that is also reflected in the score. Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon who expanded the Hellenic civilisation with his conquests on the 4th Century BC; Vangelis, himself a Greek, was already famous for his scores to Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner and Conquest of Paradise.
The Cinema version and the Director`s Cut version the Gaugamela battle are better and more epic than the Revisited version of the same battle. The Cinema and Director's Cut version is much tighter, meshes with the music better, and preserves the charge of the Shield Bearers (Hypaspists).