01:510:304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Olcades, Pincer Movement, Boii
26 Apr 2018
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The first phase of the second punic war: carthaginians in spain (also balaeric isles): carthaginian inheritance & expansion of. ; oath of 9-year old hannibal to baal (237); punica: hasdrubal (son-in-law; earlier his admiral) takes commands (his fides ambitions/plots); foundation of new carthage/cartagena; reaching toward. Carpetani); systematic taking of hostages: provokes trouble with saguntum (intervening in strife; accusing of molestation of carthaginian allies); sources confused over. Saguntum & location: 219: siege and fall of saguntum; prestigious embassy to carthage (218) with ultimatum (for hannibal); carthaginian disavowal of ebro treaty (hannibal across ebro, m. fabius buteo and declaration of war. First phases (rome preparing war in spain; after campaigning in northern spain, Hannibal marches on italy: 90,000 inf. , 12,000 cav. , 37 elephants; brother. Hasdrubal left in spain: 50k inf. , 6k cav. 200 elephants: hannibal crosses gaul (rhone: 9/218) and alps with great loss, p. cornelius scipio to spain, ti.
