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![Saguntum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5595.jpg?v=1714496044)
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Saguntum
Saguntum (modern Sagunto), located near Valencia in Spain, was an Iberian, and then Roman, settlement. The town's most dramatic moment in history came in the late 3rd century BCE when it was attacked by Hannibal, an act which famously sparked...
![Battle of the Metaurus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5185.jpg?v=1710869943)
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Battle of the Metaurus
The Battle of the Metaurus (207 BCE) was a military engagement fought between the forces of Rome under Gaius Claudius Nero (c. 237 - c. 199 BCE), Marcus Livius Salinator (254-204 BCE), and L. Porcius Licinius and the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal...
![Carthago Nova](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1066.jpg?v=1618738205)
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Carthago Nova
Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena) was a city on the southern Iberian Peninsula, Spain, originally known as Mastia. Human habitation of the region predates the Neolithic Period, but the area around the site of Carthago Nova seems to have...
![Inscription Stones, Forum of Saguntum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5596.jpg?v=1599424205)
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Inscription Stones, Forum of Saguntum
Blocks carrying a Latin inscription of the imperial forum of Roman Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. 1st century CE.
![Second Punic War](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4651.jpg?v=1718171163)
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Second Punic War
The Second Punic War (The Hannibalic War) was fought between Carthage and Rome between 218 and 201 BCE. The war involved confrontations in Spain, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and North Africa. Hannibal led the Carthaginians, one of the most gifted...
![Acropolis & Theatre of Saguntum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5595.jpg?v=1714496044)
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Acropolis & Theatre of Saguntum
The fortified acropolis and theatre of the Iberian-Roman town of Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. Fortified since the 5th century BCE, the walls today date to the 11th century CE with later additions. The restored theatre dates to the 1st century...
![Roman Theatre, Saguntum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5592.jpg?v=1599424204)
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Roman Theatre, Saguntum
The restored 1st century CE Roman theatre of Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain.
![Ship Relief, Saguntum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5597.jpg?v=1636521301)
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Ship Relief, Saguntum
A marble relief plaque depicting a ship in African waters. 2nd - 3rd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto, Spain)
![Hasdrubal Barca](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8474.jpg?v=1690126446)
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Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca (c. 244-207 BCE) was the younger brother of the Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-183 BCE) and commanded the forces of Carthage against Rome in Spain during the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). They were both, along with another...
![Carthaginian Army](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5188.jpg?v=1713047463)
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Carthaginian Army
The armies of Carthage permitted the city to forge the most powerful empire in the western Mediterranean from the 6th to 3rd centuries BCE. Although by tradition a seafaring nation with a powerful navy, Carthage, by necessity, had to employ...