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The respect thread Wikipedia page for Cannae. In an alternate timeline, after crossing the Alps with his elephants and 50,000 strong army, and slaughtering the Roman legions at Trebia and Lake Trasimene, Hannibal rouses his men and heads to seize a large supply depot at Cannae, in the Apulian plain, only to be met with not a Roman formations armed with gladiuses, javelins and bows, but modern ...
The craziest thing was that this battle was the 3rd major battle of the war & Rome had lost all of them, all were crushing defeats with little survivors. It was said that the battle of Cannae alone killed 20% of the male Roman population, battle of lake Trasimene (Probably the greatest historical ambush) killed roughly 7%.
After Hannibal lost the Battle of Zama and persuaded the Carthaginians to accept the peace terms given to them by Scipio Africanus, Hannibal was the largest figure in politics post-war. He had many enemies, forming an anti-Barcid faction which blamed both the war and the loss of the war on Hannibal, but Hannibal retained popularity with the ...
Cannae revealed the rot that would eventually lead to the fall of the Republic. Scipio saved Rome and is rightfully recognized as a hero of the Republic. But the cult of personality that followed would result in the empire. Though, if Cannae marks the end of the "classic" Roman Republic, the Republican death throes still managed to conquer the ...
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little known fact is that phillip V was a necromancer, after cannae hanibal had to caputre hydruntum so that phillip could get over and raise the dead legions against rome. but fabius knew exactly what was happening as soon as hannibal headed further into apulia. fabius convinced the senate to send for cennomannic druids (this is the REAL reason why lucius postumius albinus was sent to ...
The Battle of Cannae was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy. The Carthaginian army, led by Hannibal, surrounded and practically annihilated a larger Roman army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius ...
The Battle of Cannae (/ˈkæni/ or /ˈkæneɪ/) was a major battle of the Second Punic War that took place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia, in southeast Italy. The army of Carthage, under Hannibal, surrounded and decisively defeated a larger army of the Roman Republic under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
The Battle of Cannae was fought on August 2, 216 BC, during the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, near the village of Cannae in Apulia/Puglia in southeast Italy. The Carthaginians and their allies, led by Hannibal, surrounded and annihilated a larger Roman army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius ...
In a word, recycling. Most old battle fields are completely devoid of any artifacts. More modern one's you tend to find bullets and other small items. But in ancient times it could take 3 days to make a sword so no one was going to leave that lying around.