Cannae
Americannoun
noun
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Or, according to your taste, it already represents the most disastrous defeat for a major power since the Romans were out-generaled at Cannae by Hannibal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The pair hit it off - and Cath even ended up singing the traditional Scottish children's song, Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff A Bus, to him.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
Foley, who is chairman of Cannae, plans to attend Bournemouth’s next home game — against Crystal Palace on New Year’s Eve.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
This tactic has been used by victorious armies for centuries, ever since Hannibal famously encircled the Roman army at Cannae in 216 B.C.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2022
Religious panic after battle of Cannae; extraordinary religious measures, including human sacrifice.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
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