Cannae 216 BC
Subtitle: Hannibal Smashes Rome's Army (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275988340
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; History - Military / War; Military; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Military - Other; History / Military / General; Military - General; Campaigns; Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C; Italy; Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.; Strategy
First sentence: "It has been the verdict of most historians, whether ancient or modern, that the immediate cause of the Second Punic War was Hannibal's capture of the Spanish city of Saguntum in 219 BC."