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The Battle of Canne August 2   216 BC was one of the major battles of the Second Punic-Roman war, and took place near the town of Canne  in the current … more »

The Battle of Canne August 2   216 BC was one of the major battles of the Second Punic-Roman war, and took place near the town of Canne  in the current Puglia. The army commanded by Hannibal of Carthage defeated and destroyed most of a numerically superior army of the Roman Republic led by the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paulus and Gaius Terentius Varro. It is considered as one of the greatest tactical maneuvers in military history and in terms of casualties in combat, one of the heaviest defeats in Rome. « Less