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| | Articles - 216 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | August 2 - Hannibal crushes the Romans in the Battle of Cannae, one of the greatest tactical masterpiece in military history. |
 | | As a result, a number of Italian cities allied to Rome desert to the Carthaginian side, especially cities in the Magna Graecia, and Capua. |
 | | Again, the later Scipio Africanus fought in the battle as a tribune, and later prevented a mutiny among the survivors of Cannae. |
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