Polybius
Also known as: Polybius of Megalopolis
Polybius provides a surviving ancient account of the battle and encirclement at Cannae. Polybius’s Histories describe the Second Punic War and its consequences.
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Parallel ancient accounts
Polybius and Livy preserve ancient narratives of Cannae that can be compared for their treatment of the battle.
Historian of the conflict
Polybius’s Histories describe the Second Punic War and its consequences.
Described the encirclement
Polybius provides a surviving ancient account of the battle and encirclement at Cannae.