Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Cannae was a battle in the Second Punic War, taking place August 2, 216 BC in Cannae, Italy. Hannibal led the Carthaginian Army against the Roman Republic's Army, commanded by Gaius Terentius Varro. Despite being outnumbered, Hannibal's Carthaginians secured one of the most decisive and crushing military defeats in history.