Editing Cannae

{{Short description|Town in south east Italy}}
{{about|the town in southern Italy|the battle of the Second Punic War|Battle of Cannae|other uses}}
[[File:Canne2.jpg|thumb|alt=photo of excavated brick structures|Remains of Cannae.]]
'''Cannae''' (now {{lang|it|Canne della Battaglia}}, {{IPA|it|ˈkanne della batˈtaʎʎa}}) is an ancient village of the {{lang|it|[[Apulia]]|italic=no}} region of south east [[Italy]]. It is a {{lang|it|[[frazione]]}} (civil parish) of the {{lang|it|[[comune]]}} (municipality) of {{lang|it|[[Barletta]]|italic=no}}. Cannae was formerly a [[bishopric]], and is a Latin Catholic [[titular see]] (as of 2022).

== Geography ==
[[File:Putz96.jpg|thumb|alt=map|Map of Cannae in antiquity]]
The commune of Cannae is situated near the river {{lang|it|[[Ofanto]]|italic=no}} (ancient names {{lang|la|Aufdius|italic=no}} or {{lang|la|Canna|italic=no}}), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, {{convert|9.6|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} southwest of its mouth, and {{val|9|u=km}} southwest of {{lang|it|[[Barletta]]|italic=no}}.

== History ==
It is primarily known for the [[Battle of Cannae]], in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by [[Hannibal]] in 216{{nbsp}}BC. There is a considerable controversy as to whether the battle took place on the right or the left bank of the river.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In later times the place became a {{lang|la|[[municipium]]}}, and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as {{lang|it|Monte di Canne}}. In the [[Middle Ages]], probably after the destruction of {{lang|it|[[Canosa di Puglia]]|italic=no}} in the 9th century, it became a [[bishopric]], and again saw military action in the [[Battle of Cannae (1018)|second battle of Cannae]], twelve centuries after the more famous one (1018). The Byzantine {{lang|la|[[catapan]]}}, {{lang|la|[[Basil Boioannes|Basilios Bojoannes]]|italic=no}}, successfully drove off the invading Lombard and Norman army.<ref>Gordon S. Brown, ''The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily,'' (London: McFarland 2003), p. 22.</ref> The town was wrecked in 1083 by [[Robert Guiscard]], who left only the cathedral and bishop's residence,<ref>Benigni, Umberto. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016d.htm "Trani and Barletta."] The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 26 November 2022.</ref> and was ultimately destroyed in 1276.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

== See also ==
* [[Battle of Cannae|Battle of Cannae (216 BC)]]
* [[Battle of Cannae (1018)]]
* [[Battle of Montemaggiore]]
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in Italy]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* Berry, Small, Talbert, Elliott, Gillies, Becker, 'Cannae' in ''Pleiades Gazetteer'': http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523
*{{cite book|last=Cappelletti|first=Giuseppe|title=Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXFTAAAAcAAJ|volume=vigesimoprimo (21)|year=1870|publisher=Antonelli|location=Venezia|lang=it|pages=66–69}}
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Conradus|title=Hierarchia catholica|volume=2|year=1914|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=2nd|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft|lang=la|page=117}}
* Gams, Pius Bonifacius ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae'', reprint: Leipzig 1931, pp.&nbsp;865–866.
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Conradus|title=Hierarchia catholica|volume=1|year=1913|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=2nd|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft|lang=la|page=162}} 
* Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. (Eds.) (1970).'' The Oxford Classical Dictionary''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-869117-3}}. p.&nbsp;201.
* Pius VII (1818), "De utiliori," in: ''Bullarii romani continuatio'', Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp.&nbsp;56–61.

===External links===
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0390.htm GCatholic – data on former and titular bishopric]
* {{EB1911 |wstitle=Cannae |volume=5 |page=184}}

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