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Town in south east Italy

This article is about the town in southern Italy. For the battle of the Second Punic War, see [Battle of Cannae](/source/Battle_of_Cannae). For other uses, see [Cannae (disambiguation)](/source/Cannae_(disambiguation)).

Remains of Cannae.

**Cannae** (now *Canne della Battaglia*, Italian pronunciation: [\[ˈkanne della batˈtaʎʎa\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian)) is an ancient village of the [Apulia](/source/Apulia) region of south east [Italy](/source/Italy). It is a *[frazione](/source/Frazione)* (civil parish) of the *[comune](/source/Comune)* (municipality) of [Barletta](/source/Barletta). Cannae was formerly a [bishopric](/source/Bishopric), and is a Latin Catholic [titular see](/source/Titular_see) (as of 2022).

## Geography

Map of Cannae in antiquity

The commune of Cannae is situated near the river [Ofanto](/source/Ofanto) (ancient names Aufidus or Canna), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, 9.6 kilometres (6 miles) southwest of its mouth, and 9 km southwest of [Barletta](/source/Barletta).

## History

It is primarily known for the [Battle of Cannae](/source/Battle_of_Cannae), in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by [Hannibal](/source/Hannibal) in 216 BC. There is a considerable controversy as to whether the battle took place on the right or the left bank of the river.[1]

In later times the place became a *[municipium](/source/Municipium)*, and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as *Monte di Canne*. In the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), probably after the destruction of [Canosa di Puglia](/source/Canosa_di_Puglia) in the 9th century, it became a [bishopric](/source/Bishopric), and again saw military action in the [second battle of Cannae](/source/Battle_of_Cannae_(1018)), twelve centuries after the more famous one (1018). The Byzantine *[catapan](/source/Catapan)*, [Basilios Bojoannes](/source/Basil_Boioannes), successfully drove off the invading Lombard and Norman army.[2] The town was wrecked in 1083 by [Robert Guiscard](/source/Robert_Guiscard), who left only the cathedral and bishop's residence,[3] and was ultimately destroyed in 1276.[1]

## See also

- [Battle of Cannae (216 BC)](/source/Battle_of_Cannae)

- [Battle of Cannae (1018)](/source/Battle_of_Cannae_(1018))

- [Battle of Montemaggiore](/source/Battle_of_Montemaggiore)

- [List of Catholic dioceses in Italy](/source/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Italy)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911_1-1) [Chisholm 1911](#CITEREFChisholm1911).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gordon S. Brown, *The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily,* (London: McFarland 2003), p. 22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Benigni, Umberto. ["Trani and Barletta."](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15016d.htm) The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 26 November 2022.

## Bibliography

- Berry, Small, Talbert, Elliott, Gillies, Becker, 'Cannae' in *Pleiades Gazetteer*: [http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523](http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523)

- Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). [*Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aXFTAAAAcAAJ) (in Italian). Vol. vigesimoprimo (21). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 66–69.

- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). [*Hierarchia catholica*](https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft) (in Latin). Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 117.

- Gams, Pius Bonifacius *Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae*, reprint: Leipzig 1931, pp. 865–866.

- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). [*Hierarchia catholica*](https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft) (in Latin). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 162.

- Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. (Eds.) (1970).*The Oxford Classical Dictionary*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-869117-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-869117-3). p. 201.

- Pius VII (1818), "De utiliori," in: *Bullarii romani continuatio*, Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp. 56–61.

### External links

- [GCatholic – data on former and titular bishopric](http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0390.htm)

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). "[Cannae](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Cannae)". *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 184.

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