In a famous passage that is often considered the first specimen of alternative history, Livy speculates on what would have been the outcome of a military showdown between Alexander the Great and the Roman Republic.

In the final epic showdown between all the heroes of Earth and the combined might of the resurrected Goblyn Force, Dracula, and the Beyonder, Ice-Man was one of the few to survive.

Denver's loss to the Buffalo Bills later that same day created a primetime showdown between Denver and San Diego in San Diego for the AFC West Championship, as well as the fourth seed in the playoffs.

The final showdown was the battle of Zama in Africa between Scipio Africanus and Hannibal, resulting in the latter's defeat and the imposition of harsh peace conditions on Carthage, which ceased to be a major power and became a Roman client-state.

The plot will gradually meander to a final dramatic showdown between the protagonist and his nemesis.

The most powerful of Hongwu's sons, Zhu Di, then the militarily mighty disagreed with this, and soon a political showdown erupted between him and his nephew Jianwen.

A recurring theme, especially in children's dinosaur books, is a climactic showdown or battle between Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus.

Out of all ex-Yugoslav states, at that time only Slovenia and Croatia had a tradition of organising Pride events, whereas the attempt to organize such an event in Belgrade, Serbia in 2001, ended in a bloody showdown between the police and the counter-protesters, with the participants heavily beaten up.

O ' Toole appeared in the second season of Showtime's hit drama series The Tudors, portraying Pope Paul III, who excommunicates King Henry VIII from the church ; an act that leads to a showdown between the two men in seven of the ten episodes.

Following a month of Parliamentary arguments between Manchester and Cromwell, with the former speaking in the House of Lords and the latter making his attacks in the House of Commons, the scene was set for a showdown.

Suffering from being monotonic, the final showdown between father and daughter, the critics commented, was the only part really making an impact.

* Gatlinburg was the site of the showdown between Sue and his father in the Johnny Cash hit single A Boy Named Sue.

However, in 1993, the Don King promoted super-middleweight showdown between WBC champion Nigel Benn and WBO champion Chris Eubank was recognized as a title unification fight by the WBC.

As seen in " Dangerous Currency ", this slime turned all those who were exposed to it, into more powerful and evil versions of themselves ( it was later revealed that after being split, his conscicence was sent to a neutral dimension, waiting to be returned, where he used Morgana's powers to cross between the dimensions ), where he had one last showdown with Darkwing, being sent back to the neutral dimension.

On 20 September 2002, Adair was summoned to an Inner Council meeting held in Sandy Row where there was a showdown between him and the other brigadiers, including Gray.

The film culminates in a showdown at Leonardo's castle, between the remaining CIA agents, the Mayflowers, and the team of Hudson, Five-Tone, and Baragli, to stop the Mayflowers from successfully operating the machine, during which Kit Kat and Butterfingers are betrayed and killed by Minerva.

Dirk pretends to understand the man's ravings involving potatoes and a contract signed in blood coming due ; when in reality, Dirk is musing about what he might do if he actually receives payment for his " services " – such as getting rid of his refrigerator, which is so filthy inside that it has become the centrepiece of a showdown between himself and his cleaning woman.

These " odious monopolies " led to a showdown between the Crown and Parliament, in which it was agreed in 1601 to turn the power to administer patents over to the common law courts ; at the same time, Elizabeth revoked a number of the more restrictive and damaging monopolies.

" Pro-Test ", the band's first music video since 1996, was rather different than any of their previous video work ( featuring a showdown between rival b-boys and goths breakdancing / krumping crews on a sidewalk in Los Angeles ).

Soon thereafter, the cataclysmic showdown between the Scooby Gang and the First Evil results in the complete obliteration of the town, which collapses into a giant pit, closing the entrance to the Hellmouth.

Pete's eventual comeuppance followed an armed showdown between Pete, Trish and Eileen in September 2005.

" But possibly the most famous of these radio sketches was the ultimate showdown between Anne and Brian Perkins, which results in Anne being declared the weakest link by the " Daddy of the BBC ".

These flights, to the audience of nearly a million, would be a showdown between the two fliers.

This provoked a showdown between the Governor Orval Faubus and President Dwight D. Eisenhower that gained international attention.

Although the conditions were ripe for industrial unrest — Communist influence in the union movement was then at its peak, and the right-wing faction in Cabinet was openly agitating for a showdown with the unions — the combination of strong economic growth and Holt's enlightened approach to industrial relations saw the number of working hours lost to strikes fall dramatically, from over two million in 1949 to just 439, 000 in 1958.

For example, if one player has the high hand on showdown, and two other players tie for the best low hand, the high hand wins half of the pot and each low hand wins only a quarter of the pot.

At showdown, each player's hand is the best five-card hand made from exactly three of the five cards on the board, plus exactly two of the player's own cards.

For example, if one player has the high hand on showdown, and two other players tie for the best low hand, the high hand wins half of the pot and each low hand wins only a quarter of the pot.

He saved 29 games for the 1982 Brewers, but he pitched most of the season in pain and was forced to miss the Brewers ' first ( and to date, only ) trip to the World Series — where they were beaten in seven games by the Cardinals — and any prospect of a showdown or two with Bruce Sutter, who proved vital to the Cardinals ' winning effort.

In the next round against the Toronto Maple Leafs he recorded two shutouts, including one in the final game of the series as the Devils went on to win four games to two, setting up a showdown with rival Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The phrase game of chicken is also used as a metaphor for a situation where two parties engage in a showdown where they have nothing to gain, and only pride stops them from backing down.

The novel ends with a showdown between the two arch rivals.

Piper spent weeks crashing Adonis ' show and trading insults, leading to a " showdown " between the two segments that ended with Piper being assaulted and humiliated by Adonis, Piper's former bodyguard Orton ( now in Adonis ' employ ), and Don Muraco.

Until the final game of the pennant race, some baseball fans had been hoping for a rematch of the 1918 World Series: a showdown between the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs, one of only two major league teams to have played for a longer period of time since winning the World Series ( the other was the Chicago White Sox, who went on to win the Series in ).

The contestants live communally in a suite at Trump Tower in New York City and the boardroom showdown is with Trump and two of his associates ( usually Carolyn Kepcher, Former Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for the Trump National Golf Club, and George H. Ross, Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel, The Trump Organization ).

When the Gunslinger challenges the two men to a showdown, Blane treats the confrontation as a typical amusement until the robot shoots and kills him.

Another classic bit of cinema, the showdown at high noon, where two well-matched gunslingers agreed to meet for a climactic formal duel, largely is a matter of myth as well, although rarely these duels actually happened, at least in the case of the Wild Bill Hickok – Davis Tutt shootout.

Two months before it opened, the film was still unfinished: Pakula was unhappy with the final scene (" a showdown on a boat with a cargo of Stinger missiles "), so in early February the scene was " rewritten and reshot over two days in a studio in California.

Piper, who returned as a face, spent weeks crashing Adonis ' show and trading insults, leading to a " showdown " between the two segments that ended with Piper being assaulted and humiliated by Adonis, Piper's former bodyguard " Cowboy " Bob Orton, and Don Muraco.

The winning team received a reward, while the losing team faced a boardroom showdown with Trump and two of his associates in order to determine which team member would be fired.

This spurs a battle between the two groups which eventually leads to a showdown between Sinestro, John Stewart, and their respective corps members.

The feature would detail a brief showdown between the two, including the victor and would be accompanied by an exclusive illustration ( usually by a high profile artist ) depicting the battle.

Each sport has an annual intercollegiate showdown between the two prestigious schools, known as the " Intercol ".

There would be a two week break while the championship relocated to North America for the conclusion of the season and the championship showdown that would erupt at the Canadian Grand Prix.

This increased tensions between the two championship protagonists, leading to a showdown at the Suzuka racetrack in Japan, every bit as controversial as their clash twelve months prior at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix.