Quote Originally Posted by gardibolt
There's only one historical battle on my download....do I have to beat that to unlock the others? Good luck on that since I've gotten massacred repeatedly. It's the one where you have 6 cavalry to wipe out 1500 phalanxes.
Yes, you do have win each historical battle to unlock the next one.
That one took me a few times also. There's a gap in the line soon after the start of the battle - you might be able to exploit that.