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Cannae 216 BC
Hannibal smashes Rome's Army
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See moreA highly illustrated account of what is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history.
A highly illustrated account of what is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history.
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A highly illustrated account of what is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history.
Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world. At Cannae, the Romans confronted Hannibal with an army of 80,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. Hannibal faced them with 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse. The engagement that followed was a masterpiece of battlefield control.
Alongside battle maps, Mark Healy describes the battle in detail, up to the end of the conflict, when the Romans had lost 47,500 infantry and 2,700 cavalry killed, and a further 19,300 captured.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781855324701
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 October 1994
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: 74 b/w; 18 col
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Angus McBride
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 184.0mm
Height: 248.0mm
Weight: 346g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Mark Healy was born in 1953. He has a Master's degree in Political Theology from Bristol University. He is by profession a schoolteacher and is head of the Humanities faculty in a large school in Somerset. He has written a number of Osprey titles including Elite 40 New Kingdom Egypt, and Campaign 16 Kursk 1943. He has a great interest in both the ancient and modern periods, is married with one son and lives in Dorset.
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