29 July 216 BCE · Europe · Afro-Eurasia
Battle of Cannae
In 216 BCE, on the plain of Cannae in southern Italy, Hannibal Barca’s Carthaginian army met a larger Roman force commanded by the consuls Varro and Paullus. The battle is studied for Hannibal’s double envelopment during the Second Punic War.
Commanders
- Hannibal Barca · General
- Date
- 29 July 216 BCE
- Place
- Cannae · Roman Italy · Ancient Rome
- Region
- Europe · Afro-Eurasia