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Barsepssays..."Their drills were bloodless battles, their battles were bloody drills"
What raised a smile from me about this video was the "checkerboard" formation, all I can say is that it speaks volumes from a bird's eye viewpoint in that Rome learned it's lesson from Hannibal Barca on August 2nd, 216 BC
Trivial fact:- More Roman soldiers died in one day at Cannae than American soldiers in the ENTIRE Vietnam war.
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halfAcatsays...Indeed, it was Hannibal's precise coordination (and his African cavalry) that allowed him to surround the Romans at Cannae, perhaps the first such manoeuvre in history (IANAH!). If he had capitalized on his early victories and marched on Rome after Cannae, he may well have taken the city. Instead he decided to dick around in southern Italy trying to convince the local tribes to join him, which gave Rome a chance to catch its breath...
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