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By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide to Ancient History since 1997

This Day in History - Defeated Romans

Saturday July 31, 2004
On August 2, in ancient Roman history, Hannibal defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C.
In 31 B.C. Octavian defeated Mark Antony at Actium.
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