[iii] wars and battles
[6] Cannae (now Canne della Battaglia) was a village in south east Italy and famous for being the site of the disastrous defeat of the Romans by Hannibal during the Second Punic War in 216BC. An estimated 60,000–70,000 Romans were killed or captured at Cannae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae
[7] Carthāgō (Carthage) was the capital of the Carthaginian civilisation in what is modern-day Tunisia. A major trading hub and one of the wealthiest cities in the classical world, it was destroyed by the Roman Republic in the Third Punic War in 146BC. Subsequently re-developed as Roman Carthage it became the major city in the Roman province of Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage
[8] Philippī [Gk: Φίλιπποι, Philippoi] was a major Greek city; it was here during the Civil War that Octavian and Mark Anthony, heirs of Julius Caesar, faced the forces of Brutus and Cassius, Caesar’s assassins. The battle was fought on a plain near the city in 42BC, resulting in the defeat of Brutus and Cassius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippi
[9] Troia (Troy): ancient city in present-day Turkey in habited since the 4th millennium BC and the location of the Trojan War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War
the Forum at Philippi
Troy
