The Battle of Cannae (/ˈkæni, -eɪ, -aɪ/; Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought...

kilometres (6 miles) southwest of its mouth, and 9 km southwest of Barletta. It is primarily known for the Battle of Cannae, in which the numerically superior...

The Battle of Cannae took place in 1018 between the Byzantines under the Catepan of Italy Basil Boioannes and the Lombards under Melus of Bari. The Lombards...

relatively flat ground near the village of Cannae for his great confrontation with the Romans, not the rocky terrain of the high Apennines. Likewise, Zulu...

Hannibal immediately following the Battle of Cannae. According to Livy, Maharbal strongly urged an immediate march on the city of Rome. Hannibal responded by...

trapping them in a classic pincer movement. A famous example of its use was at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, when Hannibal executed the maneuver against the...

leader of a Carthaginian and partially Celtic army, he won a succession of victories at the Battle of Ticinus, Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae, inflicting...

episode aired, Benioff and Weiss said that the final battle was primarily inspired by the Battle of Cannae and the American Civil War. According to Weiss,...

Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae in 216  BC, resulting in a third and even worse disaster for Rome; it was followed by thirteen more years of war. The First...

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,...

victory at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. In 216 BC Hannibal marched to southern Italy and inflicted the disastrous defeat of the Battle of Cannae on the Romans...

Unfortunate campaign of Germanicus, unknown artist, circa 1900 Ancient Rome portal North Rhine-Westphalia portal Battle of Cannae Battle of Carrhae Clades Lolliana...

and seizes the large army supply depot at Cannae on the Aufidus River. August 2 – The Battle of Cannae (east of Naples) ends in victory for Hannibal whose...

original as Hannibal’s tactic at Cannae, Scipio's pre-battle maneuver and his reverse Cannae formation stands as the acme of his tactical ability, in which...

Theodore Ayrault Dodge wrote: Few battles of ancient times are more marked by ability ... than the battle of Cannae. The position was such as to place...

Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC), Roman consul who died at the Battle of Cannae (part of the Second Punic War) in 216 BC Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus...

entirety of both armies. In terms of losses, this battle is regarded as the worst defeat in the history of ancient Rome, surpassing the Battle of Cannae. According...

Paullus, the consul defeated and killed in the Battle of Cannae. He was, in his time, the head of his branch of the Aemilii Paulii, an old and aristocratic...

later at the Battle of Cannae. Bai Qi had deliberately reduced the strength of his left flank stationed along the river, and had a line of hill fortifications...

defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae. Varro was a member of a plebeian family, the gens Terentia, and the first man of note in his family. His father...

Look up Cannae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cannae is a village in Italy. Cannae may also refer to: Battle of Cannae (216 BC) a battle in the Punic...

the battles of Trebia (218) and Lake Trasimene (217). Moving to southern Italy in 216 Hannibal defeated the Romans again at the battle of Cannae, where...

following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...

in history until the time of the Second Punic War. Gaius Terentius Varro, one of the Roman commanders at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, was the first...

the Battle of Cannae in ancient times, many of the British surrendered. When Tarleton's right flank and center line collapsed, only a minority of the...

the Battle of Cannae, and to narrow the base of the Carthaginian leader, Hannibal, in southern Italy. The battle of Canusium was also an episode of the...

and general (killed in the Battle of Cannae) Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul 217 BC (killed in the Battle of Cannae) Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman...

and the Battle of Cannae was a decisive Byzantine victory; Amatus wrote that only ten Normans survived from a contingent of 250. After the battle, Ranulf...

and attempting to execute a double envelopment in the fashion of the Battle of Cannae to destroy McClellan in detail. The coordinated assault envisioned...

word reached Rome of the disastrous Roman defeat under Varro and Paullus at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, the Senate and the People of Rome turned to Fabius...