Title

History by Polybius, Volume IV

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History by Polybius. Volume IV. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1728. Second Punic War. Battle of Cannae. 2nd August 216 BC. It took place near the ancient village of Cannae, in southern Apulia (nowadays Puglia, Italy), between the armies of Rome and Carthage during the Second Punic War. The African, Gallic, and Celtiberian troops of Hannibal defeated the Romans commanded by Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Engraving.

Date

2018

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG20B24_335

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Keywords

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