place
Cannae
Village in Apulia near the Aufidus, site of Hannibal's annihilating victory over the Roman army in 216 BC.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 22 §44 Cannae
A village in Apulia near the Aufidus, site of Hannibal's annihilating victory in 216 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §1 the battle of Cannae
Village in Apulia on the Aufidus where Hannibal annihilated the Roman army in 216 BC, the catastrophe whose aftermath this book traces.
- The History of Rome, Book 24 §6 the fight at Cannae
Village in Apulia on the Aufidus where Hannibal annihilated the Roman army in 216 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 26 §1 the men of Cannae
The survivors of the disaster of Cannae (216 BC), condemned to serve in disgrace in Sicily until the war's end.
- The History of Rome, Book 30 §20 Cannae
Cannae in Apulia, scene of Hannibal's greatest victory (216 BC), recalled in his lament.
- The History of Rome, Book 34 §4 Cannae
Site of Hannibal's crushing victory of 216 BC, the crisis under which the Oppian law was passed.