Cannae 216 BC

Hannibal smashes Rome's Army

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Cannae 216 BC

Hannibal smashes Rome's Army

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A highly illustrated account of what 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 6,000 cavalry. Hannibal faced them with 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse. The engagement that followed was a masterpiece of battlefield control.

Alongside battle maps, Mark Healy describes the battle in detail, up to the end of the conflict, when the Romans had lost 47,500 infantry and 2,700 cavalry killed and a further 19,300 captured.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Opposing Leaders
The Opposing Armies
218: Ticinus and Trebbia
217: Lake Trasimene
217-216: The Fabian Strategy
The Approach to Cannae
The Battle of Cannae
Aftermath
Chronology
A Guide to Further Reading
The Battlefield Today
Wargaming Cannae

Product details

Published 14 Oct 1994
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781855324701
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 74 b/w; 18 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 36
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Mark Healy

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