The siege of Mutina in 218 BC constitutes one of the first episodes of the Second Punic War. Hannibal's diplomacy in Cisalpine Gaul persuaded the Gallic Boii and Insubres tribes to revolt …

The campaigns of 219 BC and 218 BC carried the Seleucid armies almost to the confines of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, but in 217 BC Ptolemy IV defeated Antiochus at the Battle of Raphia. This …

Year 218 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Longus (or, less frequently, year 536 Ab urbe condita).

Historical Map of the Italian Peninsula; illustrating Hannibal's Route of Invasion - The Second Punic War (Second Carthaginian War) 218 – 201 BC.

Dec 18, 2016 · No longer a maritime power, Hannibal set out in the spring of 218BC, crossing into hostile Gaul (France) and arriving at the Rhône River in September with 38,000 infantry, 8,000 …

Historical Atlas by William Shepherd (1923-26). History map of Rome and Carthage at the Beginning of the Second Punic War, 218 B.C.; illustrating Rome and Carthage at the …

In 131 BC Rome sent an army against him which was defeated. The Romans defeated Eumemes III in 129 BC. They annexed the former kingdom of Pergamon, which became the Roman …

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During a long reign he regained control of most areas that had been claimed by his predecessors, defeated the Ptolomies, secured most of Asia Minor, but overstretched himself with an …

Oct 19, 2022 · 218 BC-Hannibal launches the second Punic War. Hannibal led his Carthaginian army over the Alps into Italy. His army included mercenaries and elephants. At Trebia, he …