Gli Invincibili is a comic-strip story that Silvia Rocchi set in the Antiquarium and Archeological Area at Canne della Battaglia.
On 2 August 216 BC, the troops of Rome and Carthage faced off. It was military genius Hannibal versus the Consuls of the Republic, in a battle that would go down in history. But what about the men who fought it out? History tells us about the leaders, but armies are made up of soldiers, often the very young… in fact, little more than boys. We know nothing of them. Who were they? What were they thinking about during the days and hours before the big battle? On one side Velio, on the other Ispanico, their hearts beating with hope, doubt and fear… they too made History.
Occupied by ancient peoples as from the 5th millennium BCE, the Canne della Battaglia archaeological site is primarily known for the terrible battle of 2 August 216 BCE during the Second Punic War, which saw the Romans routed by the Carthaginians under Hannibal. The perfectly preserved battlefield, where a Roman army of over 80,000 men was wiped out in a single day, can be seen stretching away into the distance from the top of the citadel. In the Antiquarium, archaeological items combine with words and images to tell the long story of the settlement on the hills dominating the valley of the once navigable Ofanto river. Interactive multimedia devices offer a virtual tour of the citadel and a detailed account of the battle and its leading figures. The 3D video reconstruction makes full immersion possible in History with a capital H.