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A tactic in which Hannibal's army surrounds the Roman force and attacks from the rear and sides.
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Double envelopment
A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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At Cannae, Hannibal uses geography, a concave line, cavalry superiority, and double envelopment to trap the Roman army in a circle.
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"And this is the most famous battle in human history. Okay? Remember, the Romans outnumbered Hannibal two to one. And what Hannibal does is..."
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"...and attacking from the back. Okay? Militarily, we call this the double envelopment strategy. Okay? Double envelopment strategy. And so the Romans are circled..."
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"...battle. In fact, if you ask ChatGPT, which battles have used double -envelopment strategy, basically, you have the Battle of Canaan. Okay, we have..."
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"...disagree whether or not the Battle of Marathon was actually a double -envelopment strategy. This makes no sense. This battle strategy makes no sense..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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