Canne della Battaglia - Barletta, Italy
N 41° 17.805 E 016° 09.165
33T E 596512 N 4572340
It is primarily known for the Battle of Cannae, in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by Hannibal in 216 BC.
Waymark Code: WMR7A5
Location: Puglia, Italy
Date Posted: 05/21/2016
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Canne was propelled into notoriety in the Ancient world, by an event that shocked and awed the emerging civilisations of the Mediterranean basin, that shook the much vaunted and rapidly expanding Roman Republic to its core and brought Rome itself to her knees.
Up to 60,000 Roman soldiers died that day along with most of Rome’s senate and almost all of their leading citizens, 23,000 were captured and sold into slavery, barely 5,000 escaped in small groups and made their way back to the Eternal City to relate the disaster. Hannibal buried just 6,000 of his own.
There are few graduates of Military Academies, who have not studied the Battle of Canne as part of their training.
In later times the place became a municipium, and remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as Monte di Canne.
Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Republic 509 B.C. - 27 B.C.
Admission Fee: €2.00
Opening days/times:
Open on: : Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
8:30/19:30
Web Site: [Web Link]
Condition: Some remaining traces (ruins) or pieces
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