Hannibal at the gates of Rome
211 BCE · Event
Trying to break the siege of defector Capua, Hannibal marches on Rome itself and camps three miles from the walls — 'Hannibal ad portas', the bogeyman phrase Roman parents used for centuries after. Rome doesn't flinch: the land under his camp sells at auction, at full price. Capua falls anyway.
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