contested reportPolybius
Polybius reports roughly seventy thousand Roman deaths at Cannae.
Histories, Book 3 · 3.117
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Roman casualty estimates at Cannae
contested reportLivy
Livy's tally is materially lower than Polybius's Roman casualty estimate.
History of Rome, Book 22 · 22.49
contested reportAppian
Appian's later account reports fifty thousand Roman soldiers slain at Cannae, creating a third distinct ancient casualty estimate.
The Hannibalic War, Chapter IV · Hann. 4.25
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Battle of Cannae
event:hannibal:cannae
The 216 BCE battle, enriched from primary accounts and modern research while preserving source disagreement.
eventresearch-enriched-216
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research/cannae/sources.json
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