<P> The Battle of Cannae ( / ˈkæni , - eɪ , - aɪ / ) was a major battle of the Second Punic War that took place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia , in southeast Italy . The army of Carthage , under Hannibal , surrounded and decisively defeated a larger army of the Roman Republic under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro . It is regarded both as one of the greatest tactical feats in military history and as one of the worst defeats in Roman history . </P>
<P> The Battle of Cannae ( / ˈkæni , - eɪ , - aɪ / ) was a major battle of the Second Punic War that took place on 2 August 216 BC in Apulia , in southeast Italy . The army of Carthage , under Hannibal , surrounded and decisively defeated a larger army of the Roman Republic under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro . It is regarded both as one of the greatest tactical feats in military history and as one of the worst defeats in Roman history . </P>
who won the battle of cannae in 216 b.c.e
who won the battle of cannae in 216 b.c.e
The army of Carthage , under Hannibal
The army of Carthage , under Hannibal