Ancient Rome · BATTLE SITE · 216 BC
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Cannae”
2 Aug 216 BC — Hannibal’s double envelopment annihilates the largest army Rome ever fielded: perhaps 60,000–70,000 dead in an afternoon. Rome does not negotiate.
- When
- 2 Aug 216 BC
- Type
- Battle site
- Chapter
- Second Punic War (chapter 2 of Ancient Rome)
- Atlas
- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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