Clash of Ancient Warriors

Sky History 2 HD

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Saturday 16 November

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Modern techniques are called upon to investigate the mysteries of the most legendary battles from ancient times. The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War, taking place in August 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in south-east Italy. The Carthaginian army under Hannibal destroyed a numerically superior Roman army under command of the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro