Download Battle of Cannae (216 BC)

Battle of Cannae
(216 BC)
Battle of Cannae (216 BC):
Overview
Carthage
Hannibal
Mago
Rome
Fabius Maximus
30,000 men
No elephants left
Unrecorded # of losses
70,000 men on the field
10,000 survived
(THE CARTHAGINIANS WERE OUTNUMBERED 2 to 1)
Won
Lost
Worksheet
• Read the worksheet
• Explain, in your own words, why the Romans lost
the battle.
See the Battle
• Describe the battlefield that the Romans chose.
• Who commanded the Carthaginian’s cavalry?
• Who had more soldiers?
• What was the Roman’s weakness, again?
• What was the role of the cavalry?
• What does Hannibal’s army look like?
The Armies Engage
The ….. TRAP!
The End…