The Battle of Cannae

This battle was the most brutal battle that the Romans had experienced. Hannibal was greatly outnumbered in every single concept, except for........ brains. The Romans once again, underestimated Hannibal Barca. There were approximately 86,000 Romans and 56,000 men in Hannibal's army. The Romans were led by Gaius Terentius Varro. In the Battle Hannibal executed a formation called the "fish" formation in Japanese terms, and the Romans compacted themselves into a thick line, giving up flexibility for power. Hannibal positioned his men from least to greatest, his weakest troops was in the center and the strongest ones are at the flanks. The Romans also had cavalry up on the rear to protect the the main force. The Romans thought that they could crush the enemy like pounding a hammer to a plastic cup. The battle went on like this, the cavalry of Hannibal was closing in to the Roman cavalry, with pure determination the cavalry of Hannibal crushes the Roman cavalry leaving their rear unprotected. The gigantic Roman army was nearing to Hannibal's men, finally the Romans collided with the army of Hannibal, quickly the army of Hannibal was collapsing their front lines was faltering and the Romans were breaking through. But, the enemy of the Romans was Hannibal, and you know what that means. Hannibal sprung his trap, surrounding the Romans within seconds. The Roman army panicked and was quickly faltering under Hannibal's men, they had no other place to go but back. But that soon changed because Hannibal's cavalry quickly attacked the Romans from the rear, therefore sealing their fate.

* The Romans had almost twice the size of Hannibal's army but it is amazing still how Hannibal pulled it of. This time was the last time they underestimated Hannibal, but still with an army so large it is almost impossible you cannot lose. This was the greatest victory the WORLD had against the Romans. This just shows that brains is always better than brawns.