Battle of Hastings voted most influential battle in history agree?

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Stalingrad, Cajamarca and Waterloo have no reason to be on that list. They are popular because they meant supposed "last stands" or where the largest battles in a certain theater of operations, but they where almost meaningless in the strategic scale.

After all, some classic battles are more important, since several wars were decided by the outcome of a single battle. That said, most of them are still insignificant when you think about the context, and this happens with the most popular battles. Pharsalus (propaganda victory for Caesar), Carrhae (Gaius Cassius Longinus and Publius Ventidius Bassus defeated the parthians later, and it meant nothing), Cannae/Zama (glory moments for Scipio and Hannibal, nothing more), Teutoburg Forest (Augustus chose not to invade Germania again, and the battle was more of a morale blow).

Other ancient battles like Philippi (Antony/Octavian v. Cassius/Brutus), Aquae Sextiae and Mylae had far more important consequences.