major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
Documented facts
- Date
- 2 August 216 BCE (Julian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Cannae
- Source coordinates
- 41.3064°, 16.1325°
- Part of
- Second Punic War
Referenced participants
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso ↗
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus ↗
- Gnaeus Servilius Geminus ↗
- Marcus Minucius Rufus ↗
- Hannibal ↗
- Hasdrubal Barca ↗
- Maharbal ↗
- Gaius Terentius Varro ↗
- Ancient Rome ↗
- Ancient Carthage ↗
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso — documented participation · Source ↗
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gnaeus Servilius Geminus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Marcus Minucius Rufus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Hannibal — documented participation · Source ↗
- Hasdrubal Barca — documented participation · Source ↗
- Maharbal — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gaius Terentius Varro — documented participation · Source ↗
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus — documented command · Source ↗
- Gaius Terentius Varro — documented command · Source ↗
- Hannibal — documented command · Source ↗
- Hasdrubal Barca — documented participation · Source ↗
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gaius Terentius Varro — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso — documented participation · Source ↗
- Gnaeus Servilius Geminus — documented participation · Source ↗
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