Hannibal: Roman Bloodbath at Cannae (TRIH ep 571, part 4)
216 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook deliver a detailed narrative and analysis of the Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BC), situating it within Hannibal's Italian campaign and the wider Second Punic War.
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Around 216 BCE
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)
- Han open the Silk Road (130 BCE)
- Terracotta Army buried (210 BCE)