Time Commanders: The battle of Gaugemela 1/5

Time Commanders is a series of programmes made by Lion TV for BBC Two that ran for two seasons from 2003 to 2005.
It uses an edited version of the game engine behind the real-time strategy game Rome: Total War by the Creative Assembly to recreate famous battles of the ancient world.

The battles are replayed by 4-player teams from diverse backgrounds. The teams are unfamiliar with computer games, to make sure their gaming skills do not influence their success. After a brief introduction of the battle, including an overview of military units, terrain and available forces, the players have to develop a strategy and then deploy their forces. Two of the players are selected as generals, who will direct the battle and have access to a strategic map. The other two players are designated lieutenants, the units are indirectly controlled by the lieutenants, who issue commands to program assistants, who in turn use the game interface to control the units.

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• time
• commanders
• rome
• total
• war
• ancient
• famous
• historical
• battle
• macedonia
• alexander
• the
• great
• persia
• phalanx
• companion

[asmodeus585]

I'm afraid you're wrong. Phalanx is the name of a formation, not a unit of troops. Phalangites are pikemen who fought in this formation. Do you see the difference now? ; ]

[geek147]

i used to love this show

[extondude]

I use to watch this as a child... oh how i missed it

[patchesohoolihan666]

@Baseballschaap YOU CONSERVATIVE HATING BASTARD

[lUnseenSniperl]

@migkillerphantom ive heard some thought darius' army was closer to 100 thousand?

[migkillerphantom]

@ManilaSyndicate BS. Modern estimates put the Achaemenid army at 53 thousand versus Alexander's 47.

[CincinnatusSPQR]

This is so fucking geeky.. dont you just love it?...

[ManilaSyndicate]

Even through computer graphics, one can see the overwhelming advantage the Persians had in numbers in the battle. It makes one appreciate Alexander's victory more.

It's interesting to see Mark Urban guesting on a battle of ancient warfare - his specialty is on British military history.

[Baseballschaap]

hahahaha Arye saying "kick 'em in the nuts" xD

considering he's had a sex change, one could say that he already then knew feminine tactics :P

(this is a joke, i'm not a conservative hater... ^^)

[persianparsal]

@WojekSiren hahahaha

[Tareltonlives]

@HyperHandGrenade Even in the Troy episode, the experts still called out the team on their bullshit