THE BATTLE OF CANNAE
Sep 05, 2019
2 minutes
“BOTH FORCES OF HANNIBAL’S CAVALRY THEN STOPPED AND PREPARED TO RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD, CHARGING INTO THE REAR OF THE ROMAN INFANTRY FORMATION”
Hannibal, sworn to enmity for Rome since childhood, quickly defeated two Roman armies at the Trebia and Lake Trasimene, shortly after invading Italy. However, on the large sweeping plains near Cannae, he would meet a very different challenge. Those victories had
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