HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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During the 2nd Punic War, the Battle of ____ was a huge defeat for Rome with up to 70, 000 killed.
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Cannae
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Zama
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Constantinople
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Madrid
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -List price: $27.00. Still, the Battle of Cannae marked a stunning victory for Carthage over Rome. Hannibal and his army enveloped a larger Roman army, annihilating it and killing more Romans in one day than the United States lost in all of the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roman. Polybius writes that of the Roman and allied infantry, 70, 000 were killed, 10, 000 captured, and “perhaps” 3, 000 survived. He also reports that of the 6, 000 Roman and allied cavalry, only 370 survived.
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