Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Cannae, August 2, 216 BC, was a significant battle of the Second Punic War. Although the Carthaginian army under Hannibal destroyed a numerically superior Roman army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro near the town of Cannae in Apulia (SE Italy), it failed to decide the outcome of the war in the favour of Carthage. The battle is famous for Hannibal's tactics as much as for the role it played in Roman history.

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August 2 - 216 BC - Battle - Second Punic War - Carthaginian - Hannibal - Roman - Consul - Lucius Aemilius Paullus - Gaius Terentius Varro - Cannae - Apulia - Italy

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