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Definition of Cannae
1. Noun. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
Group relationships: Punic War
Geographical relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy
Definition of Cannae
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannae
Literary usage of Cannae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Livy (1870)
"Particularly those who rem ined of the soldiers who had fought at Cannae felt
convinced that under Scipio, and no other general, they would be enabled, ..."
2. Readings in Ancient History by Hutton Webster (1913)
"Such was the battle of Cannae, as famous as the disaster at the Allia,2 and ...
At Cannae the consul who fled was followed by 1 A town of Apulia not far ..."
3. History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1845)
"FROM New Carthage to the plains of Cannae, Han- CHAP. ... But from Cannae onwards
the character of the scene changes. The single torrent, joined by a ..."
4. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Changed Character of the War in Italy after Cannae. ... For thirteen years after
Cannae he maintained himself in Italy without reenforcement in men or money ..."
5. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE SECOND PUNIC WAR—Continued Hannibal, after Cannae, is joined by
Italian ... Meanwhile the results of Cannae answered his expectations. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"Compare this scene with the field of Cannae ; and judge between Hannibal and the
successor of St. Cyprian. ..."
7. A Smaller History of Rome by William Smith (1865)
"To this mighty host Hannibal gave battle in the plains on the right bank of the
Aufidus, just below the town of Cannae. We have no statement of the numbers ..."
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