Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment Community · History Trace the deployment and encirclement at Cannae, connecting the commanders, allied cavalry, and wider Second Punic War.
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Related to Hannibal 80% Carthaginian commander
Carthaginian commander in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
Related to Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC) 80% Roman consul
Roman consul in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Lucius Aemilius Paullus, also spelled Paulus, was a consul of the Roman Republic twice, in 219 and 216 BC.
Related to Gaius Terentius Varro 80% Roman consul
Roman consul in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman politician and general active during the Second Punic War. A plebeian son of a butcher, he was a populist politician who was elected consul for the year 216 BCE.
Related to Second Punic War 80% Wider conflict
Wider conflict in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. The Second Punic War was the second in a series of three wars fought between Carthage and the Roman Republic, who were at the time the two main powers in the western Mediterranean.
Related to Numidian cavalry 80% Allied mounted troops
Allied mounted troops in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Numidian cavalry was a branch of the Numidian army and a type of light cavalry developed by the Numidians. They were utilized by Hannibal during the Punic Wars, and later became commonplace in the Roman army of the late Republic.
Related to Carthage 80% Hannibal’s state
Hannibal’s state in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Carthage was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.
Related to Roman Republic 80% Opposing state
Opposing state in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. The Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
Related to Battle of Lake Trasimene 80% Earlier ambush
Earlier ambush in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War.
Related to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 80% Avoided pitched battle
Avoided pitched battle in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator, was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was censor in 230 BC.