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| The Battle of Cannae: Rome's greatest defeat |
| 2021-08-25 |
| This month, some time ago: Related: |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 ^ To your room, Steve. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-08-25 22:25 |
| #3 You have a knack for finding interesting little bits of history, badanov. It's quite uncannae. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-25 22:23 |
| #2 The armies sat facing off each other for months at the location. First I've heard of that. What I've read had the Romans arriving there early that morning, suckered/led there by Hannibal's forces. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-08-25 21:56 |
| #1 Did a long study of the battle. The armies sat facing off each other for months at the location. The numbers reported were non-sustainable for food and fodder in such a static situation. Gee, someone fudging numbers. The victors write the history. The greater the disaster, the greater the prestige of the ultimate Roman hero Scipio in the great struggle. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-25 07:21 |