Second Punic War
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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
Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Maesulians, Masaesyli, Ancient Carthage, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Syracuse, Roman Republic, Pergamon, Hannibal, Macedonia, Kingdom of Numidia, Iberians, Aetolian League, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Gaius Terentius Varro, 
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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
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| event | armed conflict | 648 | Muslim conquest of Mediterranean islands | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1516 | Spanish–Algerian conflicts | Spain, armed conflict, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1570 | Action of 1570 | Ottoman Empire, Knights Hospitaller, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1572 | Mediterranean campaign of 1572 | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1609 | Spanish–Barbary conflicts | Spain, armed conflict, Barbary pirates | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1657 | Action of 3 May 1657 | Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796 | French First Republic, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Naples, military campaign, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Great Britain | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Mediterranean campaign of 1798 | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1802 | Action of 27 May 1802 | Kingdom of Portugal, naval battle, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1843 | Moroccan expedition | military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Mediterranean | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Battle of Cape Bon | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | First Archipelago Expedition | war | Wikidata | |
| event | war | Tunisian-Sicilian War | war | Wikidata | |
| event | war | 263 | First Punic War | war, Roman Republic, Ancient Carthage, tyrant of Syracuse | Wikidata |
| event | war | 461 | Vandal War (461-468) | Byzantine Empire, Vandal Kingdom, war, Western Roman Empire | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1378 | War of Chioggia | war, Republic of Venice, Republic of Genoa | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1396 | Ottoman–Venetian Wars | series of wars | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1498 | Spanish–Ottoman Wars | Ottoman Empire, series of wars, Spain | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1515 | Spanish-Ottoman War | war, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Republic of Florence, Papal States, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Duchy of Savoy, Hafsid dynasty, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1537 | Ottoman–Venetian War | war, Spain, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of France, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Republic of Genoa, Knights Hospitaller, Kingdom of Sicily | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1551 | Austro-Turkish War of 1552–1559 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1551 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1618 | Dutch-Barbary War | war, Dutch Republic, Regency of Algiers, Eyalet of Tunis | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1620 | English expedition to Algiers (1620–1621) | war, Kingdom of England, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1677 | Anglo-Algerian War | war, Kingdom of England, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1715 | Dutch-Algerian War | war, Dutch Republic, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1785 | American-Algerian War | United States, war, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1791 | Swedish–Algerian war | Sweden, war, Regency of Algiers | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1796 | Swedish-Tripolitanian War | war, Sweden, Tripoli Eyalet | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1815 | Second Barbary War | war | 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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