TY - BOOK AU - Healy,Mark AU - McBride,Angus AU - Hook,Richard TI - Cannae 216 BC: Hannibal smashes Rome's army T2 - Campaign series SN - 1855324709 AV - DG247.3 .H34 PY - 1994/// CY - London PB - Osprey Military KW - Hannibal, KW - Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C KW - Italy KW - fast KW - Rome KW - History, Military KW - Republic, 265-30 B.C KW - nli KW - Military operations KW - Roman Empire N1 - Cover title; Includes bibliographical references (page 90); The opposing leaders -- The opposing armies -- 218 : Ticinus and Trebbia -- 217 : Lake Trasimene -- 217-216 : The Fabian strategy -- The approach to Cannae -- The Battle of Cannae -- Aftermath -- Chronology -- A guide to further reading -- The battlefield today -- Wargaming Cannae N2 - "Cannae is rightly regarded as one of history's greatest battles. 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 soldiers and 10,000 horses. The engagement that followed was a masterpiece of battlefield control. By the end of the conflict the Romans had lost 47,500 infantry and 2,700 cavalry, with a further 19,300 captured.--Page 4 of cover ER -