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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Battle of Cannae · Alexandria

Event

Battle of Cannae

Also known as

Bataie di Cannas
bataille de Cannes
Batalha de Canae
Batalha de Canas
Batalha de cannae
Batalha de Cannas

Image illustrating Battle of Cannae — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Battle of Cannaesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

is part ofSecond Punic War218 BCE
participated in · had as battleGnaeus Servilius Geminus257 BCE
participated in · had as battleHasdrubal Barca245 BCE

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