University of Zadar. Department of Classical Philology.
Abstract
Ovaj se rad bavi usporedbom Livijeva i Polibijeva opisa bitke kod Kane 216. g. pr. Kr. Ta je bitka bila središnji dogaaj Drugog punskog rata. U radu se na osnovi spisa spomenutih historiografa upoznaje sa situacijom i potezima rimske države prije tog sukoba te govori o rimskoj i kartažanskoj vojsci, njihovim zapovjednicima i vojnoj taktici u kontekstu bitke kod Kane. U središtu njihova opisa bitke jest Hanibalov odlucujuci manevar kojim je opkolio i razbio rimsku vojsku. Bitka je ostala zapamcena upravo po tome taktickom potezu. Za rimsku državu posljedice su bile katastrofalne: gotovo je citava vojska bila uništena, a mnogi gradovi Italije pali su pod vlast Kartage. Analizirajuci sukladnost odnosno nesukladnost u opisima bitke kod dvojice spomenutih historiografa, proizlazi da se one ne zasnivaju samo na upotrebi razlicitih izvora, nego i razlicitom poimanju nacina pisanja povijesti.This paper deals with the comparison of Livy's and Polybius' description of the battle of Cannae 216 BC. This battle was the central event of the Second Punic War. The paper discusses, based on the writings of the mentioned historiographers, on the Roman and Carthaginian army, their commanders and military tactics in the context of the battle of Cannae. In focus of their description of the battle is Hanibal's decisive maneuver by which the Roman army was surrounded and broken. The battle was remembered exactly by that tactical move. For the Roman state, the consequences were catastrophic: almost entire army was destroyed and many Italian cities fell under the rule of Carthage. Analyzing the consistency or non-consistency in the descriptions of the battle of the two mentioned historiographers, it follows that they are not based only on the use of different sources, but also on the different perceptions of the way in which history is written
