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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I forget the battle but it was a Roman Legion vs Hanibal that was completly wiped out and left to rot on the battlefield.
The wounded were so desperate to end their suffering that there were holes dug beside their heads from them eating dirt in an effort to suffocate themselves.
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I think that was the battle of Lake Trasiemine where Hannibal slaughtered the Romans and killed Flavius.
The battle of Canae was also particularly brutal and after that alot of Italian imperial territory told the empire to f-itself and joined Hannibal's cause.
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