Cannae

Who was Varro's colleague?

• Aemilius Paullus

• Gaius Terentius

• Mataeus Jalibertus

• Geminus Servilius

Who provided the elite cavalry for Carthage?

• Gauls

• Mauretanians

• Numidians

• Vandals

Who was made a scapegoat for the Roman disaster at Cannae?

• Flaminius

• Paullus

• Servilius

• Varro

Year of the battle?

• 218

• 217

• 216

• 215

• 212

"Informing his colleague, Varro ordered the standards to be deployed and the troops drawn up for battle."

• True

• False

• not the standards but the catapults

• It was actually Paullus

Which wind blew up a dust storm?

• Verrucosus

• Ventimilus

• Volcacius

• Volturnus

Hannibal's strategy?

• concussion to cornucopia

• concave to convex

• convex to concave

• conglomeration to confusedness

The flower of Roman [---] fell that day.

• gardens

• manhood

• navy

• airforce

The 2 commanders shared the command [---]

• once in a blue moon

• at the start of battle

• every day

• on alternate days

"Within five days we could be dining on the Capitol."

• Hasdrubal the Fair

• Gisco

• Mago

• Maharbal

• Bomilcar