Departure before Cannae by Roboman28
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The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War, taking place on August 2, 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in southeast Italy. The army of Carthage under Hannibal decisively defeated a numerically superior army of the Roman Republic under command of the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro. It is regarded as one of the greatest tactical feats in military history and, in terms of the numbers killed, the second greatest defeat of Rome (second only to the Battle of Arausio, in 105 BC).
Having recovered from their previous losses at Trebia (218 BC) and Trasimene (217 BC), the Romans decided to engage Hannibal at Cannae, with roughly 87,000 Roman and Allied troops. The Romans massed their heavy infantry in a deeper formation than usual while Hannibal utilized the double-envelopment tactic. This was so successful that the Roman army was destroyed as a fighting force. (Ref Wikipedia).
Comments (17)
Excellent
GENIAL, FANTASTICO..
Beautiful scene, great colors and composition, excellent!
wonderful characters and poses. his uniform is fabulous!
superb scene
Very good pose and render.
Beautifull image!!! Nice weekend.
Excellent work. Love the pose .
Good picture
Very nice scene. Great lighting, characters and poses! Really nice work.
Superb scene showing another side of warfare. We can imagine this is one of the soldiers lost to battle. Thanks for putting the scene into historical context.
Superb image so romantic but sad as he may not return after the battle, Nice composition..well done!
the birthplace of the Double Envelopment; a favorite from then to the Zulu's tactics...;) Great work. Maybe they should have tried a Fabian strategy...;)
Great scene!
Awesome!!!
Uniforms are different, places are different but it's amazing how nothing really changes through history. Good-byes are painful, military all the more so. Nice work!
Beautiful and very romantic scene my friend, wonderful poses and lighting.....excellent done.