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| | Battle of Cannae |
 | | The newly elected Roman Consuls, Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus, who had both run on a platform of taking the war to Hannibal, were anxious to begin their tenure with military achievement. |
 | | Paullus, it has been suggested, was opposed to the engagement as it was taking shape, but regardless still brought his force to bear. |
 | | In the midst of the battle the Consul, Paullus, was wounded (either early or late depending on Livy or Polybius as the source). |
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