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The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) 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.
Map of Rome and Carthage at the start of the Second Punic War.svg, itself a derived version of Rome carthage 218.jpg, a map appearing in: Shepherd, William R. (1923) "Rome and Carthage at the Beginning of the Second Punic War, 218 B.C." in Historical Atlas, Category:New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 32 OCLC: 1980660.
After the winter of 212/211 BC, Hannibal returned to Capua, effectively besieging the Roman besiegers, commanded by proconsul Appius Claudius Pulcer (consul 212 BC). Unable to induce the Roman commander to prepare for battle, [1] first of all he tried to constantly annoy him, sending squadrons of cavalry against the Romans to launch their javelins inside the Roman camp, while infantry units ...
August 2 – The Battle of Cannae (east of Naples) ends in victory for Hannibal [2] whose 50,000-man army defeats a Roman force of 86,000 led by consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus (who is killed in the battle) and Gaius Terentius Varro. [3] 50,000-70,000 Roman troops are killed, making this perhaps the deadliest one-day battle in all history.
At Cannae, 6,000 Roman horse (including Italian confederates) faced 10,000 Carthaginians, and on the Roman right wing, the Roman cavalry of 2,400 was probably outnumbered by more than two to one by Hannibal's Spaniards and Gauls. It is on this wing that the Roman disaster at Cannae was determined, as the Roman cavalry were overwhelmed and broken.
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146 BC – Battle of Corinth – Romans under Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League forces of Kritolaus, who is killed. Corinth is destroyed and Greece comes under direct Roman rule. First Transalpine War (125–121 BCE) [4] Cimbrian War (113–101 BC) 112 BC - Battle of Noreia - Roman force under Gnaeus Papirius Carbo are defeated by the Cimbri
A famous example of its use was at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, when Hannibal executed the maneuver against the Romans. Military historians cite it as the first successful use of the pincer movement that was recorded in detail, [1] by the Greek historian Polybius.