Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:battle
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Politician gptkb:Province |
| gptkbp:aftermath |
Roman military reforms
Roman revenge campaigns |
| gptkbp:artistic_legacy |
influenced military tactics
|
| gptkbp:campaigns |
continued for years after
|
| gptkbp:casualties |
approximately 6,000
approximately 50,000 to 70,000 estimated 50,000 to 70,000 Roman soldiers |
| gptkbp:celebrates |
observed by historians
|
| gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Carthaginian_Empire |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Lucius_Emilius_Paullus
gptkb:Hannibal_Barca gptkb:Gaius_Terentius_Varro divided into two consuls |
| gptkbp:cultural_heritage |
commemorate the battle
|
| gptkbp:date |
216 BC
|
| gptkbp:eccentricity |
failed to break through
|
| gptkbp:enemy |
flat terrain
|
| gptkbp:fought_in |
Rome and Carthage
August 2, 216 BC the summer of 216 BC |
| gptkbp:genus |
turning point in the Second Punic War
|
| gptkbp:historical_context |
gptkb:Second_Punic_War
|
| gptkbp:historical_debate |
over tactics used by both sides
|
| gptkbp:historical_event |
documented by ancient historians
|
| gptkbp:historical_impact |
changed the course of the war
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
studied in military academies
|
| gptkbp:historical_source |
gptkb:Livy
gptkb:Appian gptkb:Polybius |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Cannae
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
subsequent Roman military tactics
|
| gptkbp:is_considered_as |
a turning point in the Second Punic War
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future battles
considered a classic example of battlefield tactics |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Cannae,_Italy
gptkb:Apulia,_Italy gptkb:Cannae |
| gptkbp:military_technology |
inspired future military leaders
infantry and cavalry legions and allied troops |
| gptkbp:mythology |
depicted in films and literature
|
| gptkbp:notable_battle |
continues to be relevant today
still taught in military schools |
| gptkbp:notable_rider |
crucial in the battle
|
| gptkbp:notable_story_arc |
feigned retreat
|
| gptkbp:outcome |
decisive Carthaginian victory
|
| gptkbp:part_of |
gptkb:Second_Punic_War
|
| gptkbp:result |
Carthaginian victory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the greatest tactical feats in military history
|
| gptkbp:strategic_importance |
severe blow to Roman morale
|
| gptkbp:tactics |
gptkb:war
defensive tactics offensive tactics approximately 86,000 double envelopment encirclement approximately 40,000 to 50,000 decisive defeat analyzed by military strategists invade Italy Celtic and Numidian troops by military academies worldwide |