The Battle of Cannae

One of the most accurate ancient battle depictions in modern media. Swearing vengeance against Rome for the humiliation they inflicted on Carthage, Hannibal Barca in his Iberian kingdom set out on an audacious plan to strike at Rome’s heart in Italy, by marching an army of between 60,000 and 80,000 men overland through southern Gaul and over the Alps. Somewhere over 40,000 arrived in Italy with Hannibal some months later. With