Battle of cannae in 1 minute

Having recovered from their losses at Trebia (218 BC) and Lake Trasimene (217 BC), the Romans decided to engage Hannibal at Cannae, with approximately 86,000 Roman and allied troops. They massed their heavy infantry in a deeper formation than usual, while Hannibal used the double envelopment tactic and surrounded his enemy, trapping the majority of the Roman army, who were then slaughtered. The loss of life on the Roman side meant it was one of the most lethal single days of fighting in history; Adrian Goldsworthy equates the death toll at Cannae to "the massed slaughter of the British Army on the first day of the Somme offensive in 1916".[3] Only about 15,000 Romans, most of whom were from the garrisons of the camps and had not taken part in the battle, escaped death. Following the defeat, Capua and several other Italian city-states defected from the Roman Republic to Carthage.

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[cristianserret]

I dont think people realise not just the genius of Barca. But also, the grusomeness of the battle. Its known that about 30.000 gallons of blood were spilled on the field that day. Imagine that...

[KirbBaller]

this just gets to show that even back then encircling was just as effective as it is in say ww2.

[davidlaya]

People talk about Caesar, Napoleon, Alexander the Great. But Hannibal is one of the most underrated generals of all time. If one battle were to be labeled « THE battle » or « GREAT victory », it would be Cannae

[kalacaptain]

you don't territory shading for a battle that happened before combustion engines ....

[jefftaylor]

Disaster.

That only took 5 seconds.

[nicoperera]

Carthage did win the war But not like that

[AliciaNeal-rb]

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[funfstuck]

i think we may see that scenario in Pokrovs’k, Ukraine

[boithanhau]

Yeee, this video got the formation wrong

[BattleMarche]

Hey! Nice to meet ya .Soooo the problem is that i Copyd ur vid and i accedently forgot entering ur name on it so i hope you dont mind😅 Again sorry!