[iii] wars and battles
[6] Cannae (now Canne della Battaglia) was a village
in south east Italy and famous for being the site of the disastrous defeat of
the Romans by Hannibal during the Second Punic War in 216BC. An estimated
60,000–70,000 Romans were killed or captured at Cannae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae
[7] Carthāgō (Carthage) was the capital of the
Carthaginian civilisation in what is modern-day Tunisia. A major trading hub
and one of the wealthiest cities in the classical world, it was destroyed by
the Roman Republic in the Third Punic War in 146BC. Subsequently re-developed
as Roman Carthage it became the major city in the Roman province of Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage
[8] Philippī [Gk: Φίλιπποι, Philippoi] was a major
Greek city; it was here during the Civil War that Octavian and Mark Anthony,
heirs of Julius Caesar, faced the forces
of Brutus and Cassius, Caesar’s assassins. The battle was fought on a plain
near the city in 42BC, resulting in the defeat of Brutus and Cassius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippi
[9] Troia (Troy): ancient city in present-day Turkey
in habited since the 4th millennium BC and the location of the
Trojan War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War
the Forum at Philippi
Troy
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