Second Punic War

The Second Punic War was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa. After immense materiel and human losses on both sides, the Carthaginians were once again defeated. Macedonia, Syracuse and several Numidian kingdoms were drawn into the fighting, and Iberian and Gallic forces fought on both sides. There were three main military theatres during the war: Italy, where Hannibal defeated the Roman legions repeatedly, with occasional subsidiary campaigns in Sicily, Sardinia and Greece; Iberia, where Hasdrubal, a younger brother of Hannibal, defended the Carthaginian colonial cities with mixed success before moving into Italy; and Africa, where Rome finally won the war.

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2nd Punic War; Hannibalic war; The Carthaginian War; The Hannibalic War; The War Against Hannibal
Macedonia, Pergamon, Roman Republic, Syracuse, Scipio Africanus, war, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Gaius Terentius Varro, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Ancient Carthage, Masaesyli, Maesulians, Aetolian League, Hannibal, Iberians, Kingdom of Numidia,

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-81 Battle of the Colline Gate

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-337 Battle of Pedum

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-357 Battle of Pedum

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-359 Battle of the Aniene

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-360 Battle of the Anio River

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-386 Battle of Capitoline Hill

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-386 Battle of the Allia

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-389 Sack of Rome

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-405 — -395 Battle of Veii

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-425 Battle of Fidenae

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-434 Capture of Fidenae

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-436 Battle of Fidenae

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-474 Battle of Veii

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-475 Battle of the Janiculum

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-476 Battle of the Cremera

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-479 Battle of Veii

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-496 Battle of Lake Regillus

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-503 Battle of Fidenae

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-507 Siege of Rome

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-700 Battle of Fidenae

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-730 Battle of Cameria

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-740 Battle of Fidenae

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69 Siege of the Capitoline Hill

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69 Battle of Rome

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312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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472 Siege of Rome

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537 — 538 Siege of Rome

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546 Sack of Rome

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549 — 550 Siege of Rome

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1167 Battle of Monte Porzio

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1347 Battle of Porta San Lorenzo

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1379 Battle of Marino

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1527 Sack of Rome, 1527

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1527 Stand of the Swiss Guard

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1849 Siege of Rome

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1867 Agro Romano campaign for the liberation of Rome

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1867 Battle of Montelibretti

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1867 Battle of Villa Glori

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1867 Battle of Monterotondo

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1867 Battle of Mentana

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1870 Capture of Rome

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1943 — 1944 Bombing of Rome in World War II

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1943 German occupation of Rome

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1943 — 1944 Bombing of the Vatican

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1970 Golpe Borghese

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-40 — -39 Perusine War

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-43 — -41 War of Mutina

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-86 Bellum Octavianum

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-279 — -274 Pyrrhic War

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69 Year of the Four Emperors

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166 — 180 Marcomannic Wars

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308 — 324 Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy

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350 — 353 Roman Civil War of 350–353

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401 — 403 Gothic War of 401–403

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405 — 406 War of Radagaisus

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412 — 413 War of Heraclianus

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425 Roman civil war of 425

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439 — 442 Vandal War (439-442)

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456 Roman civil war of 456

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461 Roman civil war of 461

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1943 — 1945 Italian Liberation War

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Frameless

A classical battle, probably depicting the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus Major (circa 235-183 B.C.)

Battle scene during Second Punic war, showing hand-to-hand combat) - I. Lamorlet(?) fec LCCN93515315

Carthage Currency Reform Coin after the 2nd Punic War

Plan of the second battle od Nola (215 BC)

Plan of the Ambush of Bantia

VC- Girolamo Genga, Il figlio di Quinto Fabio Massimo riscatta da Annibale i prigionieri romani, 1508-09 -FG03

L'arrivée en Afrique (Tapisserie, Louvre, OA 5393)

La bataille de Zama (Tapisserie, Louvre, OA 5394)

Carsten Hjort Lange: From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome. Berlin: De Gruyter 2024 - Book, 2024
Vågen vänder 4/4 - episode of Historiepodden published on 4 August 2019 (E265), Swedish
Hannibal před branami: Kartágo proti Římu 218–202 př. n. l. - book edition published in 2019, Czech
A glimpse into the Roman finances of the Second Punic War through silver isotopes - , Q1860, 2016
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Latin, 1339
Hannibal's night time antics: Livy's use of 'The Night' in the third decade to present military operations, develop moral exampla, and examine Rome's past. - 2014 master's thesis by Amy Victoria White at University of Canterbury, Q1860
Die Schlacht bei Cannae - German podcast episode, no 189, German, 2019
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Medieval Latin, 1339
Carsten Hjort Lange: From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome. Berlin: De Gruyter 2024 - Book, 2024
Carsten Hjort Lange: From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome. Berlin: De Gruyter 2024 - Book, 2024
Ad Astra: Scipio and Hannibal - manga series, 1926
Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus - book by B.H. Liddell Hart about Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, English, 1339
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Medieval Latin, 2019
Alpmarsch och stora slag 2/4 - episode of Historiepodden published on 21 July 2019 (E263), Swedish
Andra puniska kriget 1/4: Lugnet före stormen - episode of Historiepodden published on 14 July 2019 (E262), Swedish
Zedler:Punische Krieg II - , German, 1339
РСКД / Carthago - dictionary entry, Russian, 1339
Hannibal Shows his Lieutenants the Plains of Italy, from 'The Story of Hannibal' - tapestry and national heritage monument (PM41000751) in the Château de Chaumont, France, 1339
Hannibal Shows his Lieutenants the Plains of Italy, from 'The Story of Hannibal' - tapestry and national heritage monument (PM41000751) in the Château de Chaumont, France, 2005
The Conquest of Saguntum, from 'The Story of Hannibal' - tapestry and national heritage monument (PM41000750) in the Château de Chaumont, France
The Conquest of Saguntum, from 'The Story of Hannibal' - tapestry and national heritage monument (PM41000750) in the Château de Chaumont, France
Sources and historiography on the Second Punic War -
Second Punic War in popular culture -
Cannae 3/4 - episode of Historiepodden published on 28 July 2019 (E264), Swedish
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Latin
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Medieval Latin
Africa - Neo-Latin epic poem, Latin
Pride of Carthage - 2005 novel by David Anthony Durham, English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

area	region		Corniculum		Wikidata
area	region		Roman Empire		Wikidata
area	region	508	Roman Republic		Wikidata
area	region	752	Ancient Rome		Wikidata
area	region	752	Roman Kingdom		Wikidata
area	region	395	Western Roman Empire		Wikidata
area	region	754	Papal States		Wikidata
area	region	1798	Roman Republic		Wikidata
area	region	1861	Kingdom of Italy		Wikidata
area	region	1929	Vatican City	successor state, religious complex, Mediterranean country, institutional complex, confessional state, sacerdotal state, tourist destination, sovereign state, urban area, tourist attraction, enclave, city-state, landlocked country, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	81	Battle of the Colline Gate	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	337	Battle of Pedum	Roman Republic, battle, Tivoli, Praeneste, Velletri, Lanuvium, Antium, Aricia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	357	Battle of Pedum	Roman Republic, battle, Gauls	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	359	Battle of the Aniene	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	360	Battle of the Anio River	Roman Republic, battle, Gauls	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	386	Battle of Capitoline Hill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	386	Battle of the Allia	battle, looting, Gauls, Ancient Rome, sack, ransom	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	389	Sack of Rome	siege, sack	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	405	Battle of Veii	battle, siege, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	425	Battle of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	434	Capture of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	436	Battle of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	474	Battle of Veii	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	475	Battle of the Janiculum	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	476	Battle of the Cremera	battle, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	479	Battle of Veii	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	496	Battle of Lake Regillus	battle, Latin League, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	503	Battle of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	507	Siege of Rome	Clusium, Ancient Rome, legendary battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	700	Battle of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	730	Battle of Cameria	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	740	Battle of Fidenae	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	69	Siege of the Capitoline Hill	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	69	Battle of Rome	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	312	Battle of the Milvian Bridge	battle, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	472	Siege of Rome	Western Roman Empire, Burgundians, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	537	Siege of Rome	Byzantine Empire, siege, Ostrogothic Kingdom	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	546	Sack of Rome	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	549	Siege of Rome	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1167	Battle of Monte Porzio	Commune of Rome, Holy Roman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1347	Battle of Porta San Lorenzo	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1379	Battle of Marino	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1527	Sack of Rome, 1527	Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Alfonso d'Avalos, Duchy of Ferrara, Ferrante Gonzaga, Holy Roman Empire, Philibert of Chalon, Kaspar Röist, Georg von Frundsberg, Papal States, Pontifical Swiss Guard, siege, sack	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1527	Stand of the Swiss Guard	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1849	Siege of Rome	siege, French Army, Army of the Roman Republic	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Agro Romano campaign for the liberation of Rome	Second French Empire, Papal States, military campaign, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Montelibretti	Papal States, Redshirts, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Villa Glori	Papal States, battle, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Monterotondo	Papal States, Redshirts, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1867	Battle of Mentana	Papal States, Second French Empire, battle, Redshirts	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1870	Capture of Rome	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Bombing of Rome in World War II	strategic bombing	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	German occupation of Rome	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Bombing of the Vatican	Vatican City, airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1970	Golpe Borghese	attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	war		Sulla's First Civil War	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	40	Perusine War	war, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	war	43	War of Mutina	Mark Antony, Ancient Rome, civil war	Wikidata
event	war	86	Bellum Octavianum	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	279	Pyrrhic War	Taranto, Carthage, Aetolia, Thessaly, Umbri, Acarnania, Samnites, Paeligni, Bruttii, Marrucini, Daunians, Frentani, Epirus, series of wars, Athamanians, Lucanians, Marsi, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	war	69	Year of the Four Emperors	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	166	Marcomannic Wars	war, Ancient Rome, Quadi, Iazyges, Marcomanni	Wikidata
event	war	308	Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	350	Roman Civil War of 350–353	civil war	Wikidata
event	war	401	Gothic War of 401–403	war, Western Roman Empire, Goths	Wikidata
event	war	405	War of Radagaisus	war, Western Roman Empire, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Alans	Wikidata
event	war	412	War of Heraclianus	civil war, Western Roman Empire	Wikidata
event	war	425	Roman civil war of 425	civil war, Byzantine Empire, Western Roman Empire	Wikidata
event	war	439	Vandal War (439-442)	war, Byzantine Empire, Western Roman Empire, Vandal Kingdom	Wikidata
event	war	456	Roman civil war of 456	civil war, Western Roman Empire	Wikidata
event	war	461	Roman civil war of 461	civil war, Western Roman Empire	Wikidata
event	war	1943	Italian Liberation War	National Liberation Committee, Italian partisan brigade, Corpo Volontari della Libertà, Italian Co-Belligerent Army, war of national liberation	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1948	Leonardo	information security, concern, arms industry, aircraft industry, public company, aerospace engineering, business, defense contractor, aerospace industry, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	military unit	1814	Carabinieri	gendarmerie	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batteria Nomentana	artillery battery, fort, fortification	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Bunker villa Ada Savoia	air-raid shelter, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Torrione di Micara	fort, archaeological site, tomb	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Appia Antica	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Aurelia Antica	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Boccea	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Braschi	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Bravetta	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Monte Mario	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1877	Forte Portuense	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1879	Forte Ardeatina	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1880	Forte Antenne	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1880	Forte Prenestina	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1880	Forte Tiburtina	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1881	Forte Casilina	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1881	Forte Pietralata	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1882	Forte Ostiense	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1882	Forte Trionfale	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1883	Appia Pignatelli Battery	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1883	Porta Furba Battery	fort, fortification	Wikidata
site	museum		Historical and Cultural Institute of the Engineer Corps	museum of a public entity, history museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1955	Museo Storico della Motorizzazione Militare	history museum, military museum, technology museum, automobile museum, specialized museum, museum of a public entity	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Italian Air Force Museum	specialized museum, history museum, aviation museum, military museum, technology museum, Italian Air Force	Wikidata
commons	image		A classical battle, probably depicting the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus Major (circa 235-183 B.C.)		Commons
commons	image		Battle scene during Second Punic war, showing hand-to-hand combat) - I. Lamorlet(?) fec LCCN93515315		Commons
commons	image		Carthage Currency Reform Coin after the 2nd Punic War		Commons
commons	image		Plan of the second battle od Nola (215 BC)		Commons
commons	image		Plan of the Ambush of Bantia		Commons
commons	image		VC- Girolamo Genga, Il figlio di Quinto Fabio Massimo riscatta da Annibale i prigionieri romani, 1508-09 -FG03		Commons
commons	image		L'arrivée en Afrique (Tapisserie, Louvre, OA 5393)		Commons
commons	image		La bataille de Zama (Tapisserie, Louvre, OA 5394)		Commons

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