THE BATTLE OF CANNAE is a multimedia book designed to allow students and enthusiasts of history to relive the famous conflict, meet the leaders and the soldiers of both of the warring factions, take part in the maneuvers, gain an understanding of the strategies and witness events as they unfolded.

The centerpiece of the application is a reconstruction of the battle itself, which took place on an arid plain in Puglia, Italy, on a long, hot summer’s day in 216 BC. Featuring explanations and narration by the historian Alessandro Barbero, the video challenges the received wisdom of the “double envelopment” - which for centuries has represented a kind of holy grail for military tacticians and academics - and, thanks to both a careful analysis of the sources and the graphics capabilities and technology of the iPad, shows what really happened on that day.

The application illustrates the battle’s historical context, its key players, the deployments used, the weaponry, tactics and makes use of advanced multimedia tools to accompany the information-rich narrative.

Employing videos, images, text, interactive maps and 3D models, the application The Battle of Cannae represents a new way of reading, understanding and reliving the past.

For the iPad1, iPad2 and new iPad (retina display).