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Facts

Date 216 BCE
Location Italy • Puglia
Participants Carthage • ancient Rome
Context Second Punic War • Punic Wars

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Timeline

Battle of the Trebbia River
December 218 BCE
Battle of Trasimene
June 217 BCE
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Cannae
216 BCE
The western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars
Siege of Syracuse
214 BCE - 212
Battle of Ilipa
206 BCE
Battle of Zama
Battle of Zama
202 BCE

Key People

Chapman, John: Hannibal
Hannibal
Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]
Maharbal
Carthaginian military commander
Mago
Carthaginian general

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