Cannae

Remains of Cannae.

Cannae (now Template:Lang, Template:IPA) is an ancient village of the Template:Lang region of south east Italy. It is a Template:Lang (civil parish) of the Template:Lang (municipality) of Template:Lang. Cannae was formerly a bishopric, and is a Latin Catholic titular see (as of 2022).

Geography

Map of Cannae in antiquity

The commune of Cannae is situated near the river Template:Lang (ancient names Template:Lang or Template:Lang), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, Template:Convert southwest of its mouth, and Template:Val southwest of Template:Lang.

History

It is primarily known for the Battle of Cannae, in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by Hannibal in 216Template:NbspBC. There is a considerable controversy as to whether the battle took place on the right or the left bank of the river.Template:Sfn

In later times the place became a Template:Lang, and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as Template:Lang. In the Middle Ages, probably after the destruction of Template:Lang in the 9th century, it became a bishopric, and again saw military action in the second battle of Cannae, twelve centuries after the more famous one (1018). The Byzantine Template:Lang, Template:Lang, successfully drove off the invading Lombard and Norman army.<ref>Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily, (London: McFarland 2003), p. 22.</ref> The town was wrecked in 1083 by Robert Guiscard, who left only the cathedral and bishop's residence,<ref>Benigni, Umberto. "Trani and Barletta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 26 November 2022.</ref> and was ultimately destroyed in 1276.Template:Sfn

See also

• Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
• Battle of Cannae (1018)
• Battle of Montemaggiore
• List of Catholic dioceses in Italy

Bibliography

• Berry, Small, Talbert, Elliott, Gillies, Becker, 'Cannae' in Pleiades Gazetteer: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523
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• Gams, Pius Bonifacius Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, reprint: Leipzig 1931, pp. 865–866.
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• Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. (Eds.) (1970). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN. p. 201.
• Pius VII (1818), "De utiliori," in: Bullarii romani continuatio, Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp. 56–61.

External links

• GCatholic – data on former and titular bishopric
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