Time Commanders: The battle of Cannae - 1/3

[bleushift]

how can they make such big battles with SO MANY men in total war?

[Youdontlikemetalomg]

I used to watch this religiously. Love this shit

[DartzIRL]

Left Channel audio only. -

[HighrockTendales]

Although I was only 13 When this was on, i quickly realized that having two leaders (generals) was the downfall of any structured organization (army).

[elliot18375]

.. its rome total war 

[guilemaster147]

@elliot18375 Pretty much, but this show was around before Rome Total War was released. The producers of the show paid the Creative Assembly to allow them to use a pre-released and modified version of RTW a year before it was released. BBC has laws against product advertisement in-shows (or at least, they did), so they couldn't just say that it was Rome Total War. But CA was in the credits. It was actually a pretty cool concept show.

[andresrojas22]

there's a facebook group, BRING BACK TIME COMMANDERS, for all of us orphaned strategy enthusiasts who want this show back, join in and spread the word, lets bring this back to television

[commanderAnzal]

Whish there could be another season on 2012

[Dbirkin1]

...They're making the novices be...the Carthaginians??? So Hannibal is regarded as one of the most eminent Generals in all time because of his genius at this battle...and they're asking the general public to re-create it??

[26wordy]

hannibal barker, was that his last name?

[Dbirkin1]

@26wordy Barca ;)

[Robolord77]

@26wordy no, Barca

[flyingspagetti]

Rome and Medieval 2 Total War. Two of the best games of all time. Back then I purchased the most powerful pc just to play those 2 games.

[deadfroniter1]

State of the art technology = Rome total war IMMENSE

[gmcq27]

Use the Phalanx!

[mrsweetyboy1]

time Commanders was great rome total war best one

[commonworm]

If they brought back Time Commanders they could make so much money as total war would make some really good quality games, graphic and strategy whise.

[commonworm]

This makes me want to play rome total war now.

[YuriHabadakas]

Fuck yes. Rome Total War! Haha, they're even using the music from it!

[YuriHabadakas]

Fuck yes. Rome Total War!

[MichaelG99864]

Yay i finally found this show :D been looking for it for ages

[benedicttucker]

Love the way they even have rome total war music at 1.20 aha

[xxdomoxxkunxx]

this...is...EPIC

[armandorivas82]

check out denverstotalwar on fb

[Osvath97]

OMG it based on Rome Total War!!!

[TaffTalk]

Your TV Licence paid for a £25 game...

[3tangle3]

She cannae do it captain shes gonna blow!

[CommissarXIV]

'State of the art technology' .....Its rome total war.

[XVIIIIXXCVII]

@CommissarXIV not quite, it uses some modles and scripts but this show was made a year before RTW was realesed

[ASSHOLELA]

time commanders will be more fun had they have 2 teams commanding the 2 opposing armies.

[d1rcwill]

Why only audio on the left channel? Great video apart from that! I loved this show!

[emperorfrance]

they should continue this with the newer total war games

[MrFistinface]

POM REMINDED ME OF THIS

[bud389]

LOL, i can't believe BBC and the history channel actually used rome total war for this XD

[arten800]

and same gameplay as spqr mod

[arten800]

Time Commanders uses spqr mod because the opening of spqr is the same as the opening of time commanders

[billy9986]

They should re-make this show

[cklambo]

@billy9986 but with new total war

[billy9986]

@cklambo Hell yeah



[ThisNameWasntUs3d]

State of the art technology... or a computer game :D i miss this show

[Kneecap22]

@ThisNameWasntUs3d But it is state of the art technology, it was the best historical combat sim available. Was a there a better battle simulation? If not then it is state of the art, if there was it would also be a video game. :)

[Orumon27]

THank you for putting these up.

[skullhacks78]

all this is from ROME TOTAL WAR LOL

[SuperMadman48]

I used to watch this on bbc years ago they should have kept it going.

[bloggsie619]

not to be pinicity but weren't both rome and carthage republics at this point in history?

[26wordy]

they were called spicks or daygo's

[Ringkir]

Hehehe, what bluexephos " episode" if you will, mentioned this again?

[vaahtobileet]

SPANISH heavy cavalry? Correct me if I'm wrong, but were people from the Iberian peninsula called Spanish at that time?

[TLydon011]

@vaahtobileet

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but were people from the Iberian peninsula called Spanish at that time?"

The word "Spain" can be etymologically traced back to about 1000BC. Phoenician sailors called it the "isle of hyraxes" because they confused hares for hyraxes(which is a similar animal from North Africa.

The roots of the term "Iberian Peninsula" come from Greek writings only a couple decades after this battle.

So, yes, "Spanish" would be more appropriate.

[vaahtobileet]

@TLydon011 thanks.

[Kytuzian]

I got out my book on Hannibal for this. Strange though, because it said "The Senate decided that the army should be raised to the unprecedented strength of eight legions to oppose Hannibal."

That would make the army roughly 36000 not the 86000 mentioned in the video?

[bloggsie619]

@Kytuzian i know it's really confusing cos wherever you look it says eight legions and 85000 men like in that romes worst nightmare documentary. i can only assume that there were alot of auxilaries and that pre-marian legions were larger than the 4800 men that everyone means when they say legion

[DesertHamster]

@bloggsie619

You're partially correct: there were a lot of auxiliaries, but the premarian legion wasn't notably larger(4.8-6k)

8 legions worth of roman infantry + 5k cavalry(300x8=2.4k equites + barbarian auxiliaries) and 40k auxilia(italic tribes + the remaining loyal cisalpine gallic villages) = 85k

[sweAndreasFilm]

LOVE thise game!!!!

[Whiteblooded]

... Next time I play total war.. I'm going to go WAY over the top with a map of the battlefield on the table too... It looks fun.

I can't believe they're using the same music aswell.. that's really surprising.

[TEZARADOSOS]

So cheapo, they even have to use someone else's software, they should use their own.



[Danzul23]

@TEZARADOSOS They probably paid for it. Plus it was good advertising for the Creative Assembly

[TEZARADOSOS]

@TEZARADOSOS good point. They could use rome tw for Marathon.

[Bloodyblade3]

@TEZARADOSOS crrrrrrrrry

[TEZARADOSOS]

@Bloodyblade3 what?



[lSaif]

This is one of the reasons I downloaded Rome total war =D

[Stantzs]

I remember this! Saw it when I was 10 or 11 years old and spent a few days that summer running down to the library to get books and VHS tapes about Carthage/Rome/Greece.

Such a cool show for its time.

[HardWarUK]

Back when the media treated you as though you had a brain.

[badsign1980]

i personally think that annibal was bad commander lost 30000 and 200 elephants due to starvation and decease they didnt even had warm clothes it was disaster dont know how he won the war, i think it was mainly because of gaul mercenaries, elephants where so sick they could not even fight

[ManilaSyndicate]

Strange to see women in military history. It's nice to see them go out of their way to get involved in activities like those.

Nice to see Adrian Goldsworthy involved in this particular battle - he's perhaps the foremost historian on Ancient Roman warfare at present.

[Ethan15811]

I would to be on that show!

[metsapeikkoo]

Whoah, I never knew this kind of show actually existed. FUCKING AWESOME.

[someguyoutthere110]

I wish people casted SC2 like they do in this.

Would be so epic.

[idricool]

@someguyoutthere110 SC2 is nothing compared to Rome Total War.

SC2 is based on fiction.

[YouWantCHEEZE]

this isn't 360p

[kingdan415]

should bring this back but with the newest engine, much more realism :) would be an awesome show again

[newe6000]

Omfg I have memories of this show and I finally know what its called!

[Jaedysomn]

I would never have known this show excisted if it wasn't for the Yogscast!

[dangifurget]

@bluxephos sent me here

[a41forsaken]

armed with state of the art technology! lololol

[imalwayswatchingu00]

I came from bluexephos too.

[xbenminiman95x]

BlueXephos!

[highwayblowout]

I came from Bluesepohxd

[Lordy1995]

BlueXephos reminded me of this show! :D

[TheGarryModder]

@Lordy1995 same =3

[Vladthedruid]

@Lordy1995 hahah same!

[smilie120]

State of the art technology : Rome Total War.... LOL

[vought19]

@smilie120 2003 noob!

[Numira]

is here all guys against a computer ki or two teams against each other cause. if that is the real game gfame with the advantages and disadvantages of every unit like in the game its totally not as in real were. like teutoburger forest. you can destroy with cavalry even in woods the germans skirmishers easy cause the territory have like no influence as it should have

[menacinghat]

Princes' war tutor sex swap the sun

type that into google.

one of the guys from this tv show with the curly hair is now a women after a sex change.

[spiderspud01]

oh god how good would it be if they done a japanese battles one of this using shogun 2??

[t1mb3r7and]

Where is POM when you need him?

[RomanLegioXx]

@t1mb3r7and yeah, prince alone would crush any opponent on the sow

[GedKelly1999]

What I most remember about this show is the absolute obsession with taking the high ground. Almost every week, the generals would do this - the one thing everyone picks up from war movies. And every week, the military experts looking on would facepalm, and say "OK, you've got the high ground...NOW WHAT?!! Why did you want it? What are you going to do with it?"

I miss this show, I wish it would come back. Surely one of the satellite channels would want it?

[Falconpunch82]

ROME TOTAL WAR FTW!!! :D

[zorabr]

@Falconpunch82 was just playing that lol

[BBxTerra]

Rome:total war :D

[tonydeafmessiah]

time commander? this is fucking rome total war!!

[BBxTerra]

@tonydeafmessiah this show was made before Rome:total war was getting advertised they probably made this show to to advertise it more before it officially came out.

[pireninja]

@tonydeafmessiah you only just realised :)

[Charliescene93]

These people suck at playing RTW!

[BorrieBeats]

[insert nusbacher joke here]

[MrSumi66]

what is the point of the show. theyre just playing rtw with a better stradegy

[SnakusViper]

Search petitiononline . com, there is a petition to get Time Commanders back :) Can't post a link here :(

[AnonAnonyAnon]

Shouldn't it be phalanx down the centre, with the Gaelic troops attacking the flanks?

[oliverxboxable]

i remember this show when they used to do this show with this kids as the commanders.

[Thunderdome616]

Imagine the epicness if they started up the program again using empire total war

[wetend123]

I loved this series they should start it back up again!!!

[JoohyunCha1994]

state of the art technology my ass. lol. i got this game :-)

[mgore90]

'Phalanxes at the flanks, throw the Gaelic infantry straight at the Romans' doesn't sound like that would be a good idea, at least from what I remember of RTW.

[jwd1701]

Great to see ro see this show 

[nathan775]

sunday nigh 10 yrs old the only history i liked :D

[TheBaryonyx]

Rome: Total War - Thumbs up so people can see this! Costs about £5-10

[ONdorch]

what is the game/thing they used on this show to play it?

[migkillerphantom]

@TheRomanRuler This was made in 2003, before the game was released to the public.

[TheRomanRuler]

Why they didnt use mod? Like SPQR would be good one

[shaunwade3103]

this TV show uses Rome: Total war... never knew that before lol

[Kulmataklaus]

I think I've said this before, but Cannae isn't amongst the best simulations you can create for regular people if they do not know what really happened.

[MTCoblivsicas12345]

where are the Sacred Band?

[hardjustice9366]

armed with state of the art technology!.... aka Rome Total War... lol

[fixdeluxe1]

Hannibal Barca and Erwin Rommel are perhaps my most idolized and important Commanders playing to my maneuver and attrition styles of combat.

[mrlacey888]

@fixdeluxe1 Rommel was a cunt

[WojekSiren]

You know a game is epic when they make shows of it on TV. ;)

[iPippy09]

does anyone know if this show will be back o tv or not????

[ImSoOffended]

hey look... people are playing with RTW!

[DonDon163]

nice



[whydid666]

.....there just playing Rome Total war....they should get MacedonianPrince on there is if they want a good show

[MTCoblivsicas12345]

@whydid666 Prince of Macedon you mean lol i would choose him and Attilla 316 Attilla beat the Prince

[Herpkid56]

lol hannibal never existed in my Scipii campaign, carthage only lasted 10 turns

[MTCoblivsicas12345]

@Herpkid56 lol im currently the Greek States and have defeated Scipii, Bruttii and the Senate and Taking Rome the Jullii are still alive

[jacksawild]

I loved this, it was one of the few tv programs I would make sure I'd watch. i liked how the modern military experts could adapt to ancient tactics when assessing the battle.

They should have expanded it, written their own software and included modern battles. Damn the BBC for cancelling the great shows they create.

[master1140]

I remember watching this, I absolutely loved it!:D

I'd love to see the BBC start it up again, they'd probably use Empire or Napoleon Total War at this point in time and choose appropriate historic battles:)

[tefras14]

Quite weird that the Carthaginians are using phalanx. They had phalangites but they were very badly trained and abolished by the time of Hannibal

[Gracchi]

@tefras14 Hany was well aware of the tactics used by alex and phyrrus,so i see no reason he would not have used a similar unit type,

yeah i stoped playing nap online , empire battles are so boring, so put rome back on, and great to see there are many ppl online playing it.

[tefras14]

@Gracchi He used a similar unit with the phalanx but his successes lie with his sacred band. By the way it is quite refreshing to see a reply without the word fuck in it my dear friend

[MTCoblivsicas12345]

@Gracchi wots your name on Rome perhaps we can battle some time?

[Gracchi]

@MTCoblivsicas12345 Dardan,, but ive not been on last few weeks, wil try get bak onit soon.

[EirikBjornevaagenTV]

awesome

[zezzima339]

wdf is tis rome total war ... ? its just like it

[breadfreak96]

@zezzima339 They use an edited version of the R:TW game engine to produce the simulation battles :)

[Colinjb84]

I loved this show when it was on! Was so dissappointed that it only lasted a couple of series. Thankyou so much for uploading it.

[letdownbaloon]

i dont know why bbc given this show the axe. it had so many viewers and its just the best game ever!

[KaiGamer]

@letdownbaloon because they are idiots who keep the shit shows on tv, whilst getting rid of the good ones.

[itsmattymattymatty]

@letdownbaloon do you think they could carry it on with the other games like shogun total war 2?

[Trablo]

"Supreme commander of the empire of Carthage" Ugh. No, not really. He was Carthage's most able general, though.

[1Scattered]

If this show used the eb mod it would be more than epic.

[englishfrenchgerman]

@1Scattered They made Time Commanders before the game was released in shops

[leeham991]

I love the unit size...

Makes you wonder what would be possible if CA released EXE rights to the modders...

[Endurance3952]

wait how come this one is only 3 parts? is that what people mean by edit, did u just keep the best part? bah who cares thnx for posting! Best show ever

[mcfrandy]

I don't know what you people mean by "edit" of the show. I thought you just filmed the show and put it on youtube. But thanks it's great!!!

[Endurance3952]

omg so cool, they used rome total war, favorite game + awesome tv show= :D

[88Thyra]

If the T.C. producers had put guys like us on this show during the first Two(2) seasons it would still be on the air . Throw in a cute GamerChick on every episode for the eye candy . all the best

[ThomasV119]

lol i used to love this show does any 1 else remember fight box on bbc lol it was awsome

[DerTreb]

people! I not that active on facebook but I noticed that this program has only 2! fans...way to few for this cool program!

grtz

[showfire100]

They should pick PoM

[leeham991]

@showfire100

But his attitude is more suited to TV shows like Big Brother, TC was supposed to have more mature people ;)

[mikeyfourlife]

I wouldn't need to spend 20 minutes just looking at both mine and the oppositions army everytime. But appart from that i learnt alot about the troops. I bought RTS about 2 years ago and it never gets old... :)

[TheAlexagius]

rome total war!!!!

[timmu234]

id like to see RTW stars like HeirOfCarthage or PrinceOfMacedon vs one of these strategies people

[BattleElephantsofbob]

@timmu234

Yeah, that would be cool!

[BuLaCro]

lol they playing rome total war to see how it was been between carthage and rome

[merocaine]

Its quite funny, any Rome player would totally wipe the floor with those bozos

[darkxzero13]

hmmm this is pretty cool! wat show is this? i like how they're using RTW for these battles. i wanted to do a reanctment of this battle except i lost my disc 1 =(

[Madloki420]

Dude, evilpuspin,

THANK YOU!!!!

This is the best edit of this show ever!

I even like it better than season 2!

[evilpuspin]

@Madloki420 Your welcome.

[azlidage]

is this a game or a vid?

[azlidage]

i mean show

[TheWoodstock2009]

kinda both.

[Jonathonccb]

@azlidage its a tv show with a modded version of rome total war

[GenericPurpleTurtle]

its a show where people came in to play a game called rome total war get it its soooooo good

[SR0Penne0Brillo]

The television show Time Commanders uses a game, called Rome Total War made by Total War, to reenact battles from the times of ancient Rome. They used the game roughly a year and a half before it's release to the general public after seeing it at an E3 gaming convention.

[HoribiFuckis]

What do you mean by made by total war. The creative assembly did it.

[LeisureInLife]

They should do another Time Commanders but with Empire Total War. Then I can die happy

[TheWoodstock2009]

nah better wait for napoleon total war :D

[faceola]

because rome total war came out? :3

[Mradamwatkins]

this is brill - why the hell was it cut?

[brightonhamster]

because the bbc are being nice to retards by showing eastenders and other shit

[TheDavynator0]

why the fuck did the BBC stop this show?

[maddympkv]

They ran outa battles ? :\