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The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) 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.
Moving to southern Italy in 216 Hannibal defeated the Romans again at the battle of Cannae, where he annihilated the largest army the Romans had ever assembled. After the death or capture of more than 120,000 Roman troops in less than three years, many of Rome's Italian allies , notably Capua , defected to Carthage, giving Hannibal control over ...
Lucius Aemilius Paullus (died 2 August 216 BC), also spelled Paulus, was a consul of the Roman Republic twice, in 219 and 216 BC.He is primarily remembered for being one of the commanders of the Roman army at the Battle of Cannae, and for his death in the same battle.
In the morning Hannibal sent his Spaniards to retrieve the spearmen who stayed with Hasdrubal to create the distraction. Around 1,000 Romans were killed as the spearmen were retrieved. At the Battle of Cannae Hasdrubal led the Spanish and Celtic cavalry on the left (north, near the Aufidus River) of the Carthaginian army
Hannibal Barca had defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae in August of 216 BC, resulting in the defection of most of South Italy, and in the north the Gauls had wiped out 25,000 [5] Roman and Italian soldiers [5] in the Battle of Silva Litana, putting Rome on the defensive in North Italy.
current battle After the siege, Hannibal attempted to gain the support of the Carthaginian Senate . The Senate (controlled by a relatively pro-Roman faction led by Hanno the Great ) often did not agree with Hannibal's aggressive means of warfare, and never gave complete and unconditional support to him, even when he was on the verge of absolute ...
Battle of Cannae – Hannibal destroys the main Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Publius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art. Battle of Silva Litana - The Boii ambushed and destroyed a Roman army of 25,000 men.
Battle of Cannae: Roman attack (red). Destruction of the Roman army (red). Year 216 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Varro and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 538 Ab urbe condita).