The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> army led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hannibal">Hannibal</a> defeats a numerically superior <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> army at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Cannae">Battle of Cannae</a>.