1. Roman Wars
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Battles
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3. Question
What Carthaginian general nearly took out Rome in the 2nd Punic War?

4. Answer 1 – 10
Hannibal

5. Question
What Roman was captured, convinced Rome to keep fighting, and then went back to Carthage, only to be killed?

6. Answer 1 – 20
Regulus

7. Question
What Carthaginian general was the father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago?

8. Answer 1 – 30
Hamilcar Barca

9. Question
Who finally defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?

10. Answer 1 – 40
Scipio Africanus

11. Question
Which Roman finally burned Carthage to the ground in the Third Punic War?

12. Answer 1 – 50
Scipio Aemilianus

13. Question
What happened to the Romans who surrendered to the Samnites at the Battle of Caudine Forks?

14. Answer 2 – 10
They were forced under the yoke

15. Question
How did Claudius Pulcher offend the gods, leading to the disaster at the Battle of Drepana?

16. Answer 2 – 20
He threw the sacred chickens overboard

17. Question
Which battle in 202 B.C. ended the Second Punic War?

18. Answer 2 – 30
Battle of Zama

19. Question
Where in 216 BC did Hannibal wipe out 70,000 Romans, including a consul, in the Romans’ worst defeat?

20. Answer 2 – 40
B. of Cannae

21. Question
Where did Hannibal trap the Romans against a lake and massacre them?

22. Answer 2 – 50
Lake Trasimene

23. Question
What Greek fighting formation did the Romans initially adopt?

24. Answer 3 – 10
Phalanx

25. Question
After being forced under the yoke at Caudine Forks, what formation did the Romans switch to?

26. Answer 3 – 20
Maniple

27. Question
After building a navy, how did the Romans successfully use the new tool, the corvus?

28. Answer 3 – 30
They dropped it down to provide a walkway to the enemy ship

29. Question
Hannibal’s strategy of giving way in the middle of the line, eventually surrounding the enemy, is known as what?

30. Answer 3 – 40
Double envelopment

31. Question
Avoiding pitched battle, attacking foraging parties, and scorched earth are aspects of what kind of tactics?

32. Answer 3 – 50
Fabian tactics

33. Question
Against which city did Rome fight the Punic Wars?

34. Answer 4 – 10
Carthage

35. Question
What mountains did Hannibal cross to get to Italy?

36. Answer 4 – 20
Alps

37. Question
What island was the focus of the First Punic War?

38. Answer 4 – 30
Sicily

39. Question
What modern country outside of Africa did Carthage take over and use as a base for the 2nd Punic War?

40. Answer 4 – 40
Spain

41. Question
In which modern country was Carthage located?

42. Answer 4 – 50
Tunisia

43. Question
What was the territorial change at the end of the First Punic War?

44. Answer 5 – 10
Rome controlled Sicily

45. Question
Why did the Romans attack Spain while Hannibal was in Italy?

46. Answer 5 – 20
To take out his supply lines

47. Question
What was the motivation for Rome to help the mercenaries on Sicily, starting the First Punic War?

48. Answer 5 – 30
Economic control (over the Strait of Messana)

49. Question
What city in Spain is named after Hannibal’s family?

50. Answer 5 – 40
Barcelona

51. Question
Why did Scipio Aemilianus cry while burning Carthage?

52. Answer 5 – 50
He realized it could have been Rome’s fate