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The Roman casualties at Cannae -- would they be considered 50% of the total Roman Army at that time? 75%...?
The Romans still had some minor forces at Rome itself, plus their army in Spain under the Scipio brothers, and small forces in other areas (Sicily?) plus the 10,000 or so survivors at Cannae itself rallied by the younger Scipio and other officers.
If we take Goldsworthy's numbers of 45,000+ dead and 18,000 captured what total does that loss represent?
Just wondering.
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Good link.
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No, but it's nice to see serious topics getting into the popular media, even if the host did his best to act the fool.
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Indeed so.
I agree that it seems there is little "new" in this book, but that the author made it onto The Daily Show is, in and of itself, pretty sweet.
As we have said many times before when discussing the latest ancient film from Hollywood, all publicity is good.
As for John Stewart playing the fool -- well, that is his job after all. Sometime he can be quite funny and on other days ...
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I would dare say the Battle of Hoth or the Battle of Endor are better know in the US than is the Battle of Cannae.
In fact, there are many in he US who still believe that the Battle Of The Bulge was fought between their parents and their diets.
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Quote:I would dare say the Battle of Hoth or the Battle of Endor are better know in the US than is the Battle of Cannae.
Totally true. (Hence my reference in another thread to the fictional Thrawn.)
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Sad to ask but "Are there any movies dealing with Cannae?" That is the best way to get stuff out into the Mainstream. :roll:
Thermopylae was something I learned about in High School but most kids seemed disinterested until "300" came out. Then they liked it.
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Not that I know of, but then we'd start the whole argument about whether the public is better off knowing nothing of Roman history than knowing all the wrong stuff Hollywood foists on them.
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Quote:whether the public is better off knowing nothing of Roman history than knowing all the wrong stuff
I can answer that, Ron: "Yes, they are, most likely, sometimes." There. Argument ended. :wink: :lol:
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I thought I watched a documentary of Cannae. IIRC it was Decisive "Battles of the Ancient World Vol.III" they use Rome :Total War for visual effects.
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Quote:Sad to ask but "Are there any movies dealing with Cannae?" That is the best way to get stuff out into the Mainstream. :roll:
Thermopylae was something I learned about in High School but most kids seemed disinterested until "300" came out. Then they liked it.
One of, heck the only thing positive about the film:
300 is the fact that many people have been attracted to Greek history due to their exposure to this film, of course there are many more that are under the impression that the Spartans were some sort of mythical 'Superheroes' and that the Persian Immortals were vile monsters, so I guess that sword cuts both ways. (sorry, I did not mean to start the aforementioned argument :lol: )
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