Cannae Weapons

The Weapons, People, and Animals Used in Cannae

Elephants: Elephants were stronger than horses and if one dies and falls it will crush soldiers.
Peasants: Peasants were used to increase size, they were not trained like other soldiers, poor training and no discipline.
The Town Militia: This sentry force, made up of townspeople, sometimes used for keeping peasant in line.
Skirmishes: These soldiers are restricted from peppering the enemy with long javelins before battle commences used for luring the enemy for ambush, scaring them, distracting them by attacking somewhere else. Very useless in melee combat.
Slingers: Slingers have a role like Skirmishers and Archers. Their attack differs in method rather than result. They can reload faster than
The confidence and loyalty that this knowledge gives them makes them very dangerous in battle, and few can stand against the charge of Sacred Band cavalry. They are armed with spears.
War Dogs: Used occasionally in battle by various nations, these dogs were deliberately starved to make them all the more fierce. They were trained to target horse's hamstrings and therefore could be used against either infantry or cavalry. Although they were obviously never used on the scale possible in the game, they could be a fairly formidable deterrent to any group of infantry.
Elephants: These behemoths can literally fling infantry and cavalry out of their path, and are exceedingly difficult to take down and scare off.
War Elephant: Larger and tougher than normal elephants. War elephants are so dangerous that Hannibal armed their mahouts with spikes to drive into their skulls in case the elephant ever tried to run towards Carthaginian lines - the devastation it would cause was simply not worth risking. If you go up against these beasts, you absolutely must have a good counter, or you are doomed. It carried