Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 41.297, 16.152 · 10 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 216 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | The consuls follow the Carthaginians, scouting the road, reach Cannae, see the enemy, and pitch two camps |
| 216 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | When the shout went up the auxiliaries rushed out and the fighting began with the light infantry |
| 216 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Lentulus implores the consul not to make the battle more ill-omened by adding his own death |
| 216 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | The battle of Cannae was as famous as the defeat at the Allia, but because of the enemy's inaction the outcome was less serious |
| 216 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | After Hannibal forced the small camp to surrender, the wounded and the frightened in the large camp also handed over their camp to the enemy on the same terms |
| 216 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Terentius camps facing Hannibal at Cannae on the river Aufidus and raises the battle signal at dawn |
| 216 BC | Polybius, Histories | At harvest time Hannibal leaves his camp at Gerunium and takes Cannae |
| 216 BC | Polybius, Histories | The Roman consuls arrive near Cannae and a preliminary skirmish follows |
| 216 BC | Polybius, Histories | Battle of Cannae (2 August) — a great Roman defeat |
| 216 BC | Polybius, Histories | The end of Aemilius Paullus |