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Tactically the battle has been decided... but the killing has only just begun! We will now have to consider just how the Romans, who still significantly outnumbered their opponents, were massacred so one-sidedly.
(Scene of Cannae in military academy is from the mini series Forward Unto Dawn)
Documentary Sources: "The Ghosts of Cannae" by Robert L. O'Connell "The Fall of Carthage" by Adrian Goldsworthy "In the Name of Rome" by Adrian Goldsworthy "Soldiers and Ghosts" by J. E. Lendon
A special thanks to the discussions over at r/AskHistorians!
The game, Total War: Rome II, was used with the following mods: -Divide et Impera -Special Effects Enhancement Mod -Arcade Graphical Effects Removal
Music: (in order of appearance) "Black Cauldron" - Audiomachine "Legacy of the Lost" - Audiomachine "Lost Souls" - Rome Total War "Rising Dawn" - Audiomachine
Equipment used: Blue Snowball -USB microphone Audacity - audio editing Shadow Play - gameplay recording Power Director 10 - video editing PhotoShop - graphics
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Productions, T. (2014, April 23). Total War History: Battle of Cannae (Part 5/5).
World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/480/total-war-history-battle-of-cannae-part-55/
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World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 23, 2014.
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