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by Adrian Goldsworthy

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  • Title CANNAE
  • Author Adrian Goldsworthy
  • Binding Papeback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Perseus Books Group
  • Publication date pp. 256
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6378044675
  • ISBN 9781541699250 / 1541699254
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C - Campaigns -, Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019935923
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.04
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeat.

"Goldsworthy is the preeminent military historian of Rome." --History Today

In Cannae, celebrated historian Adrian Goldsworthy offers a concise and enthralling account of one of history's bloodiest, and most famous, battles. On August 2, 216 BC, across a narrow plain near the Souther Italian town of Cannae, a massive Roman army met the heterogeneous forces of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who had spectacularly crossed the Alps into Italy two years earlier. Despite outnumbering their opponents almost two to one, the Romans were crushed. The scale of the losses at Cannae--50,000 Roman men killed--was unrivaled until the industrialized slaughter of the First World War. Although the Romans eventually recovered and Carthage lost the war, the Battle of Cannae became Romans' point of reference for all later military catastrophes. Ever since, military commanders confronting a superior force have attempted, and usually failed, to reproduce Hannibal's tactics and their overwhelming success.

A gripping read for historians, strategists, and anyone curious about warfare in antiquity and Rome's rise to power, Cannae is the definitive history of Rome's most devastating defeat.

About the author

Adrian Goldsworthy received his DPhil in ancient history from Oxford and has taught at Cardiff University, King's College, and the University of Notre Dame in London. He has appeared in documentaries for the BBC, National Geographic, and Discovery. The author of numerous books, including Caesar; Philip and Alexander; Rome and Persia; Augustus; and Athens and Sparta, he lives in South Wales, UK.

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