Battle of Cannae

When

29 Jul 216 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.31° N, 16.13° E

Description

major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)

Largest battle of the Second Punic War (216 BC)

The Battle of Cannae 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. The Carthaginians and their allies, led by Hannibal, surrounded and practically annihilated a larger Roman and Italian army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Cannae (east of Naples) ends in victory for Hannibal whose 50,000-man army defeats a Roman force of 86,000 led by consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cannae Muharebesi'nde Romalılar, Hannibal karşısında bozguna uğradı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Zweiten Punischen Krieg vernichtet der karthagische Feldherr Hannibal ein aus 16 Legionen bestehendes römisches Heer unter dem Befehl von Lucius Aemilius…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “30 avril (25 mars du calendrier romain) : début à Rome du consulat de Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Paul Émile, pour la seconde fois) et Caius Terentius Varro…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ганнибал одержал победу под Каннами во II пунической войне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aníbal el cartaginés inflige una gran derrota a la República romana en la batalla de Cannas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة كاناي”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次布匿戰爭的坎尼戰役，迦太基漢尼拔戰勝羅馬共和國軍隊，佔領卡普亞（Capua）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カンナエの戦いが終結する。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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