Battle o Cannae
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| Battle o Cannae | |||||||
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| Part of the Seicont Punic War | |||||||
Hannibal's route o invasion. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Allied African, Spainyie, an Gallic tribes |
Allied Italian states |
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| Commanders an leaders | |||||||
| Hannibal, Maharbal, Mago |
Gaius Terentius Varro, Lucius Aemilius Paullus † |
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| Strenth | |||||||
| 50,000: 32,000 hivy infantry, 8,000 licht infantry, 10,000 cavalry |
86,400: 40,000 Roman infantry, 40,000 Allied infantry, 2,400 Roman cavalry, 4,000 Allied cavalry |
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| Casualties an losses | |||||||
| Killed: 8,000 (Livy) 5,700 (Polybius) * 4,000 Gallic * 1,500 Spainyie an African * 200 cavalry |
Killed: 53,500-75,000 Romans an allied infantry 2,700 Roman an allied cavalry Captured: 3,000 Roman an allied infantry 1,500 Roman an allied cavalry |
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The Battle o Cannae (/ˈkæni/ or /ˈkæneɪ/), a major battle o the Seicont Punic War, teuk place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia in sootheast Italy. The airmy o Carthage unner Hannibal decisively defeatit a lairger airmy o the Roman Republic unner the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus an Gaius Terentius Varro. It is regardit as ane o the greatest tactical feats in militar history an haes been regardit as the worst defeat in Roman history.
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- ↑ Gray, Colin S. (April 2002). Defining and Achieving Decisive Victory. Diane Publishing Co. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4289-1092-8. Retrieved 9 January 2013.