Battle of Cannae
216 BCE
Hannibal surrounds and destroys a much larger Roman army.
- Type
- Battle
- Date
- 216 BCE
- Place
- Italy
Who was alive during Battle of Cannae
- Archimedes c. 287–212 BCE, mathematician
- Eratosthenes c. 276–c. 194 BCE, mathematician
- Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BCE, emperor
- Liu Bang 256–195 BCE, emperor
- Plautus c. 254–184 BCE, playwright
- Hannibal 247–c. 183 BCE, general
- Empress Lü 241–180 BCE, empress
- Scipio Africanus c. 236–183 BCE, general
- Cato the Elder 234–149 BCE, statesman