The Battle of Cannae, fought in 216 BCE during the Second Punic War, stands as one of Hannibal's greatest military achievements against Rome. Commanding a talented Carthaginian army, Hannibal utilized innovative tactics to outmaneuver the numerically superior Roman forces led by Consuls Lucius Emilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. Hannibal employed a double-envelopment strategy, positioning his troops in a crescent formation. As the Romans advanced, they were drawn into the center, which Ha

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