Professor Dr. Antony P. Mueller
-- Ubi dubium, ibi libertas --
sábado, 17 de dezembro de 2016
Hanibal ante portas
Hannibal vs. Rome: Why the Battle of Cannae Is One of the Most Important in History
The National Interest
One of the most pivotal battles in Western history, the Battle of Cannae, was fought some 2,200 years ago to the year. The Battle of Cannae occurred on August 2, 216 BCE in southeast Italy between Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal Barca and Roman forces led by Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. Both forces also included various allied soldiers. The battle, which ended in a major Roman defeat, is considered to be of great importance because of its tactical lessons for posterity, as well as the fact that it was the closest the Roman state had come to destruction in its history up to that point. Of course, the Battle of Cannae did not spell the end of the Roman Republic; it not ...