Cannae

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photo of excavated brick structures
Remains of Cannae.

Cannae (now Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an ancient village of the Script error: No such module "Lang". region of south east Italy. It is a Script error: No such module "Lang". (civil parish) of the Script error: No such module "Lang". (municipality) of Script error: No such module "Lang".. Cannae was formerly a bishopric, and is a Latin Catholic titular see (as of 2022).

Geography

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Map of Cannae in antiquity

The commune of Cannae is situated near the river Script error: No such module "Lang". (ancient names Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang".), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of its mouth, and Script error: No such module "val". southwest of Script error: No such module "Lang"..

History

It is primarily known for the Battle of Cannae, in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by Hannibal in 216Script error: No such module "String".BC. There is a considerable controversy as to whether the battle took place on the right or the left bank of the river.Template:Sfn

In later times the place became a Script error: No such module "Lang"., and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as Script error: No such module "Lang".. In the Middle Ages, probably after the destruction of Script error: No such module "Lang". in the 9th century, it became a bishopric, and again saw military action in the second battle of Cannae, twelve centuries after the more famous one (1018). The Byzantine Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang"., successfully drove off the invading Lombard and Norman army.[1] The town was wrecked in 1083 by Robert Guiscard, who left only the cathedral and bishop's residence,[2] and was ultimately destroyed in 1276.Template:Sfn

See also

References

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  1. Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily, (London: McFarland 2003), p. 22.
  2. Benigni, Umberto. "Trani and Barletta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 26 November 2022.

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Bibliography

  • Berry, Small, Talbert, Elliott, Gillies, Becker, 'Cannae' in Pleiades Gazetteer: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523
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  • Gams, Pius Bonifacius Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, reprint: Leipzig 1931, pp. 865–866.
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  • Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. (Eds.) (1970). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN. p. 201.
  • Pius VII (1818), "De utiliori," in: Bullarii romani continuatio, Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp. 56–61.

External links

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