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Three-panel map showing troop movements and positions during the Battle of Cannae on August 2, 216 BCE in the Second Punic War. Roman forces are marked in blue and Carthaginian forces in red, with infantry, cavalry, and skirmishers distinguished by different symbols. The panels illustrate the Roman advance, the Carthaginian encirclement strategy led by Hannibal, and the eventual encirclement and defeat of the Roman army near the river Aufidus. Key locations such as Cannae, Hannibal's camp, and c Illustration of Hannibal the Carthaginian general wearing a metal helmet and armor, holding a shield decorated with a horse.
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Useful books about the battle include Gregory Daly, Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War (2002); Adrian Goldsworthy, Cannae: Hannibal’s Greatest Victory (2001); and Robert L. O’Connell, The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic (2010).

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