cannae

English Thesaurus

1. ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	pitched battle,
definition	:	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act)

part meronym	:	punic war,
definition	:	one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC (noun.act)

domain region	:	italia, italian republic, italy,
definition	:	a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD (noun.location)