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Cannae

By Adrian Goldsworthy

Book information

Publisher
Cassell Co.
Year
2002
ISBN
0304357146
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
58 MB (60865645 bytes)
Series
Cassell’s Fields of Battle
Pages
197\197
Time added
2015-03-07 00:28:35

Description

On August 2, 216 BC, in the Italian town of Cannae, Hannibal won his greatest victory. In one of the bloodiest battles ever, his outnumbered mercenaries massacred the greater part of Romes large army. For the Romans, Cannae became the yardstick against which all other defeats were measured for generals centuries after, it became a perfectly executed model to draw on. Using primary sources and brilliant images, Goldsworthy tells the story of this epic confrontation and its devastating tactics.

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