See also:

• CANNAE (mod. Canne)

CANNAE (mod. Canne)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, near the See also:

• RIVER

river Aufidus, situated on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the right See also:

• BANK

bank, 6 m . S.W. from its mouth . It is celebrated for the disastrous defeat which the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans received there from See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal in 216 B.C . (see PUNIC See also:

• WARS

WARS) . There is a considerable controversy as to whether the See also:

• BATTLE

battle took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the right or the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the river . In later times the place became a See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium, and unimportant See also:

• ROMAN

Roman remains still exist upon the hill known as See also:

• MONTE

Monte di Canne . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages it became a bishopric, but was destroyed in 1276 . See O . Schwab, Das Schlachtfeld von Canna (See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, 1898), and authorities under PUNIC WARS .