Tag: ancient-history

  • ROMAN CANNE IN APULIA – Cannae

    The ‘Must see’ – The battlefield It is one of the most famous battles in Ancient history and it is still described in military textbooks: on the 2nd of August of 216 BC, on the plains near the Adriatic coast of Apulia, in southern Italy, Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca’s outnumbered forces crushed a massive Roman…

  • ROMAN OLBIA Olbia

    The ‘Must see’ – Roman ships in the Archaelogical Museum Military supremacy of the seas was crucial for Ancient Rome: its powerful naval fleet, developed in the Punic wars against the Carthaginians, became a perfect war machine. Propelled by both sail and oars, Roman ships had multiple levels of rowers, from the fast and maneuverable…