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Hannibal’s Master Class in Ambush Tactics at the Battle of Trasimene

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In 218 BCE, war broke out between Rome and Carthage, the two largest powers in the Western Mediterranean. What Rome expected to be a quick and easy war turned out to be a long, bitter, and costly conflict that would claim the lives of many brave Romans. The Romans suffered several major defeats during the opening stages of the war at the hands of the brilliant Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca. One such defeat was the massacre at Lake Trasimen…
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TheCollector broke the news in on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
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