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Cannae is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history. Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world. At Cannae the Romans confronted Hannibal with an army of 80,000 infantry and... read more
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"It has been the verdict of most historians, whether ancient or modern, that the immediate cause of the Second Punic War was Hannibal's capture of the Spanish city of Saguntum in 219 BC."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark Healy (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355
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