Second Punic War
218-201 BCE · Event
Carthage versus Rome, decided by Hannibal's audacious crossing of the Alps, his victories at Trebia, Lake Trasimene and Cannae, and Scipio Africanus's eventual counter-stroke at Zama in 202 BCE. Confirms Roman dominance of the western Mediterranean.
On these timelines: North Africa, Roman History, Master
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- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
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- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
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Around 218 BCE
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- Great Wall first connected under Qin (215 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE)
- Liu Bang founds the Han dynasty (202 BCE)