Battle of Lake Trasimene

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Second Punic War. Result: Roman army destroyed in ambush.

Together with Cannae (216 b.c.e.), the Battle of Lake Trasimene establishes Hannibal as one of the greatest military strategists. After crossing the Alps with elephants and an army of Gauls, Africans, and Spaniards, Hannibal defeated the Romans at the Trebia River. In response, Rome sent its consuls, Servilius Geminus and Gaius Flaminius, with two legions each, to guard the eastern and western routes respectively. Hannibal’s strategy was to break up...

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