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Battle of Lake Trasimene

217 BCE · 3rd century BCE · Part of the Second Punic War

The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought in 217 BCE in central Italy during the Second Punic War. Hannibal ambushed a Roman army under the consul Gaius Flaminius along the lake shore, destroying it and killing Flaminius. It was one of the greatest ambushes in military history and a major victory of the Punic Empire.

Battle of Lake Trasimene
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Hannibal to His Army before the TicinusAutumn 218 BCE

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