August 2

- ante diem IV Nonas August
216 B.C. Hannibal defeated the Romans at Cannae.
49 B.C. Caesar defeated Pompey's generals Afranius and Petreius at Ilerda in Spain.
47 B.C. Caesar defeated Pharnaces at Zela = "Veni, vidi, vici."

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