Second Punic War

Second Punic War
Part of the Punic Wars
Rome carthage 218.jpg
Borders of Roman and Punic zone of influence in 218 BC, just prior to the war
Date 218 to 201 BC
Location Italia, Sicily, Hispania, Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, Africa, Greece
Result Decisive Roman victory, Rome gains absolute domination of the western Mediterranean
Territorial
changes
Rome gets foothold in Iberia and the Balearic Islands, Punic Africa becomes client of Rome, Numidia becomes united
Belligerents
Roman Republic
Aetolian League
Pergamon
Numidia
Carthage
Syracuse
Macedon
Commanders
Publius Cornelius Scipio†,
Tiberius Sempronius Longus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus,
Gaius Flaminius†,
Fabius Maximus,
Claudius Marcellus†,
Lucius Aemilius Paullus†,
Gaius Terentius Varro,
Marcus Livius Salinator,
Gaius Claudius Nero,
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†,
Masinissa,
Marcus Minucius Rufus†,
Gnaeus Servilius Geminus
Hannibal, son of Hamilcar Barca,
Hasdrubal, son of Hamilcar Barca†,
Mago, son of Hamilcar Barca†,
Hasdrubal Gisco†,
Syphax,
Hanno the Elder†,
Hasdrubal the Bald,
Hampsicora†,
Maharbal

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