A map illustrating the outbreak and course of the Second Punic War, a series of prolonged military conflicts between the Carthaginian (Punic) empire and the Roman Republic for domination over the western Mediterranean. Began in 218 BCE with Hannibal crossing the River Ebro (after laying siege to Saguntum, a long-term Rome ally) on his historic march across the Alps, the war was fought on two continents, from Iberia (Spain) and North Africa to the Adriatic and the Aegean seas, and ended with the Roman general Scipio Africanus landing in Carthage and defeating Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BCE.
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Netchev, S. (2022, May 31). The Second Punic War (218 - 201 BCE). World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15973/the-second-punic-war-218---201-bce/
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Netchev, Simeon. "The Second Punic War (218 - 201 BCE)." World History Encyclopedia, 31 May 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15973/the-second-punic-war-218---201-bce/.
