Saturday, August 02, 2008

TODAY IS A PUNIC ANNIVERSARY:
216 BC - A Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeated a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. It happened during the Second Punic War as Rome and Carthage battled it out for control of the mediterranean and its trade and riches.
More here.

UPDATE (4 August): Dorothy King has more here.