Second Punic War

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Also Known As	Second Carthaginian War
Date	218 BCE - 201
Participants	Carthage • ancient Rome

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Battle of the Trebbia River

December 218 BCE

Battle of Trasimene

June 217 BCE

Battle of Cannae

216 BCE

Siege of Syracuse

214 BCE - 212

Battle of Ilipa

206 BCE

Battle of Zama

202 BCE

Key People

Hannibal

Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]

Scipio Africanus

Roman general

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus

Roman statesman and commander

Gaius Flaminius

Roman politician

Gaius Claudius Nero

Roman military commander

Masinissa

king of Numidia

Publius Cornelius Scipio

Roman general [died 211 bce]

Maharbal

Carthaginian military commander

Hieron II

tyrant and king of Syracuse

Hasdrubal

Carthaginian general [died 207 BCE]

Mago

Carthaginian general

Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Roman general [died 208 BCE]

Syphax

king of the Masaesyli

Gaius Laelius

Roman general

Quintus Fabius Pictor

Roman historian

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