Deed — 2 authors face each other below

battle of Cannae

kind: battle · 216 BCE — the editor’s frame · 112 mentions across 82 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index

The August 216 BCE destruction of the consular armies on the Aufidus.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Polybius, whose patron's grandfather commanded there, honors the conquered; Plutarch's Fabius makes Cannae the vindication of delay, his Marcellus the school of recovery, and his Aemilius a family's redemption arc. One field, four purposes.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 216 BCE on the editor’s table of years .

· 216 BCE — date secure ·

216 BCE; Polybius closes his Italian narrative at Cannae by his own statement (Plb. 5.105) and dates the battle within the consular year of Paulus and Varro.

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Plutarch · 3 accounts

14–16 the principal narrative The battle through the delayer's foreboding: Varro's signal at daybreak.

the river Aufidus amid the town called Cannae, at break of day put out the signal for battle Plut. Fabius Maximus 15

Fabius Maximus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

2 looking back The consul's death at Cannae remembered in his descendant's life.

his misfortune at Cannae gave testimony alike to his wisdom and valour. Plut. Aemilius Paulus 2

Aemilius Paulus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

9–13 the aftermath — the event itself offstage Rome after Cannae: the survivors at Canusium and the first rally.

when the disaster at Cannae came, and many thousands of Romans had been slain in the battle Plut. Marcellus 9

Marcellus · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Polybius · one account

3.107–3.118 the principal narrative The double envelopment, told as the completion of Hannibal's design.

he occupied the citadel of a town called Cannae, into which the corn and other supplies from the district round Canusium were collected Plb. 3.107

Such was the end of the battle of Cannae, in which both sides fought with the most conspicuous gallantry Plb. 3.117

The Histories · Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, 1889

…and the house’s first pass counts 77 more episodes beyond these anchors.

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Hannibal — 54 episodes shared Carthaginian — a candidate entry Marcellus — 15 episodes shared Sempronius — a candidate entry Dictator — a candidate entry Scipio — a candidate entry Claudius — a candidate entry Fulvius — a candidate entry Maximus — a candidate entry Mago — 6 episodes shared

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The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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