
Traces the massive defeat of the huge but inexperienced Roman army by Hannibal's forces in Cannae, Italy, interpreting the larger course of the Second Punic War and the often disastrous ways in which the battle has been imitated throughout history.
Traces the massive defeat of the huge but inexperienced Roman army by Hannibal's forces in Cannae, Italy, interpreting the larger course of the Second Punic War and the often disastrous ways in which the battle has been imitated throughout history.