The Battle of Cannae
Perhaps no great defeat has been more famous across time that one fought in the Second Punic War, when the feared Hannibal of Carthage crossed the Alps intent on sacking Rome. In a series of brilliant strategic victories, Hannibal threatened the very existence of the Roman Republic. And Hannibal perhaps never came closer to the defeat of his foes than when he met an unprecedented eight Roman legions on fields of Italia, near the small ancient village of Cannae
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