Battle of Cannae

Target entity: Battle of Cannae
Context triple: [Second Punic War, notableBattle, Battle of Cannae]

• A. Battle of Actium
  The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
• B. Battle of Hel
  The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.
• C. Battle of the Milvian Bridge
  The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 CE) was a decisive clash between Constantine and Maxentius near Rome, famous for Constantine’s reported vision that led to his adoption of the Christian symbol and helped pave the way for the Roman Empire’s Christianization.
• D. Actium
  Actium is an ancient promontory and town in western Greece, near the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf, best known as the site of the decisive naval Battle of Actium in 31 BCE.
• E. Battle of the Chernaya
  The Battle of the Chernaya was a major 1855 engagement of the Crimean War in which Russian forces were repulsed by a combined French, Sardinian, and Ottoman army near the Chernaya River close to Sevastopol.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of Cannae
Target entity description: The Battle of Cannae was a major engagement in 216 BC during the Second Punic War in which Hannibal’s Carthaginian army annihilated a much larger Roman force, becoming one of history’s most famous examples of tactical encirclement.

• A. Battle of Actium
  The Battle of Actium was the decisive 31 BC naval confrontation in which Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, paving the way for his sole rule and the emergence of the Roman Empire.
• B. Battle of Hel
  The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.
• C. Battle of the Milvian Bridge
  The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312 CE) was a decisive clash between Constantine and Maxentius near Rome, famous for Constantine’s reported vision that led to his adoption of the Christian symbol and helped pave the way for the Roman Empire’s Christianization.
• D. Actium
  Actium is an ancient promontory and town in western Greece, near the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf, best known as the site of the decisive naval Battle of Actium in 31 BCE.
• E. Battle of the Chernaya
  The Battle of the Chernaya was a major 1855 engagement of the Crimean War in which Russian forces were repulsed by a combined French, Sardinian, and Ottoman army near the Chernaya River close to Sevastopol.
• F. None of above. chosen