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... Italy , and over what opponents ? What battle was fought by his brother in Italy , and with what success ? ........ 2. What members of the family of the Scipios were engaged in the 2d Punic War ? What was the scene of their operations ...
... Italy , and over what opponents ? What battle was fought by his brother in Italy , and with what success ? ........ 2. What members of the family of the Scipios were engaged in the 2d Punic War ? What was the scene of their operations ...
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... Italy - when the next time ? What was a Roman legion ? Who founded Carthage - its situation ? What was the occasion of the first Punic War ? What do you know about Regulus ? about Fabius Cunctator , and why was he so called ? pass the ...
... Italy - when the next time ? What was a Roman legion ? Who founded Carthage - its situation ? What was the occasion of the first Punic War ? What do you know about Regulus ? about Fabius Cunctator , and why was he so called ? pass the ...
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... Italy are : that of Ticinus ; of Trebia over Sempronius and Scipio ; and that of Thrasemynus over Flaminius , whom he drew into an ambuscade near the lake , and falling upon the Romans while they could not see for a mist , massacred ...
... Italy are : that of Ticinus ; of Trebia over Sempronius and Scipio ; and that of Thrasemynus over Flaminius , whom he drew into an ambuscade near the lake , and falling upon the Romans while they could not see for a mist , massacred ...
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... Italy , on the plains of Zama . A sharp engagement was fought between the veterans of Hannibal and the Romans . The Carthaginian was , however , defeated . The result of the victory was that Carthage accepted the terms of the Romans ...
... Italy , on the plains of Zama . A sharp engagement was fought between the veterans of Hannibal and the Romans . The Carthaginian was , however , defeated . The result of the victory was that Carthage accepted the terms of the Romans ...
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... Italy was that on the Ticinus . He here defeated the Roman army under Scipio . His next encounter was on the river Trebia . Sempronius , the Roman Consul , led his army against Hannibal in one chilly morning , without having even given ...
... Italy was that on the Ticinus . He here defeated the Roman army under Scipio . His next encounter was on the river Trebia . Sempronius , the Roman Consul , led his army against Hannibal in one chilly morning , without having even given ...
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