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| The Battle of Cannae was a major battle of the Second Punic War, taking place on August 2, 216 BC near the town of Cannae in Apulia in southeast Italy. Carthage brutally defeated Rome. |
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| The Carthaginian Empire was a monarchy and later a republic of Phoenician city-states throughout North Africa and modern Spain which lasted from about 650 BC until 146 BC. it held a hegemony over most of the western Mediterranean. The empire was in a constant state of struggle with the Roman Republic, which led to a series of conflicts known as the Punic Wars. After the third and final Punic War, Carthage was destroyed then occupied by Roman forces. Nearly all of the empire fell into Roman hands from then on. |
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| community of Roman citizens that got their territory from Roman defeats |
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| located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city of Rome, Italy. It is the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed. |
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the 7 hills
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Quirinal Hill
Viminal Hill
Esquiline Hill
Capitoline Hill (Temple of Jupiter is here)
Aventine Hill
Palatine Hill
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| main watercourse of Rome, located West of Rome and 7 hills |
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| a defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. |
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