Cannae
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Cannae (now {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is an ancient village of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} region of south east Italy. It is a {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (civil parish) of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (municipality) of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}. Cannae was formerly a bishopric, and is a Latin Catholic titular see (as of 2022).
GeographyEdit
The commune of Cannae is situated near the river {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (ancient names {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, Template:Convert southwest of its mouth, and Template:Val southwest of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.
HistoryEdit
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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}. In the Middle Ages, probably after the destruction of {{#invoke:Lang|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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|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 alsoEdit
- Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
- Battle of Cannae (1018)
- Battle of Montemaggiore
- List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
ReferencesEdit
BibliographyEdit
- 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.
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