Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan sun dawo daga asarar su a
Trebia (218 BC) da Lake Trasimene (217 BC), Romawa sun yanke shawarar shiga Hannibal a Cannae, tare da kimanin sojojin Romawa 86,000 da abokan adawa. Sun tattara dakarunsu masu nauyi a cikin tsari mai zurfi fiye da yadda aka saba, yayin da Hannibal yayi amfani da dabarun kewaye biyu kuma ya kewaye abokan gaba, ya kama mafi yawan sojojin Roma, wanda aka yanka. Asarar rayuka a bangaren Romawa na nufin yana daya daga cikin ranakun da suka fi kashe mutane a tarihi; Adrian Goldsworthy ya daidaita adadin wadanda suka mutu a Cannae da "kisan gillar sojojin Birtaniya a ranar farko ta Somme a shekarar 1916". Romawa 15,000 ne kawai suka tsira, yawancinsu daga sansanin sojoji ne kuma ba su yi yaƙi ba. Bayan shan kashi, Capua da wasu biranen Italiya da yawa sun bar Jamhuriyar Roman zuwa Carthage.