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Roman History (Punic War 2)
History of Rome during the Second War with Carthage
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10th Grade
02/19/2009

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Hannibal
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Son of Hamilcar Barca/ promised to hate Rome forever
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Nova Carthago
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City founded by Hamilcar Barca in Spain
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Ebro River
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Marked boundary of Rome and Carthage in Spain
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Saguntum
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Roman controlled city on Carthaginian side of Spain
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Hasdrubal
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Son of Hamilcar Barca/ took over after his death and was assassinated
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Drowning
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Form of Hamilcar Barca's Death
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Hannibal
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Took command of army after Hasdrubal's death
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219 B.C.E.
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Year of Hannibal's siege on Saguntum that began the 2nd Punic War
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P. Cornelius Scipio and Ti. Sempronius Longus
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Two generals mobilized against carthage after the Siege of Saguntum
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Sicily
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Where P. Cornelius Scipio and Ti. Sempronius Longus stationed their armies\
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Ticinus River
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Battle in which Scipio first met Hannibal\
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Trebia River
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This battle in 218 B.C.E. saw Hannibal victorious a second time\
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Lake Trasimene
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Battle in 217 B.C.E. saw Romans trapped by Hannibal\
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Q. Fabius Maximus
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Elected dictator as Hannibal marched on Rome\
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Cunctator
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Name given to Q. Fabius Maximus\
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Cannae
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Greatest loss in 2nd Punic War, 216 B.C.E.\
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L. Aemilius Paulus and Cn. Terentius Varro
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Consuls during Cannae\
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Encirclement
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Technique used by Hannibal at Cannae\
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Marcellus
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Led roman forces in Sicily during 2nd Punic War\
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Archimedes
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Mathematician killed in Sicily during the 2nd Punic War\
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Philip V
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Offspring to Alexander the Great/ Leader of Macedon that Allied with Hannibal\
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P. Cornelius Scipio and Cn. Cornelius Scipio
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Brothers sent to destroy Carthaginian support in Spain\
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Hasdrubal
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Brother to Hannibal left behind to form army in Spain\
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Killed in 211 B.C.E.
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Fate of Scipio brothers in Spain\
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P. Cornelius Scipio
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Promoted to General with imperium in 211 B.C.E. even though he was a quaestor \
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Italy
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Where Hasdrubal went while Scipio went to Spain\
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Metaurus River
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Battle in 207 B.C.E. in which Hasdrubal lost and died\
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Carthage
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Scipio's next invasion after he was done in Spain\
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Zama
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Battle sees Hannibal lose the 2nd Punic War}
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