Statistics for Rome - Second Punic War Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Hannibal was the commander of the armies of _______	Carthage	97%
Hannibal crossed these mountains to attack Italia directly	Pyrenees and Alps	83%
The worst defeat in Roman history, and the last of the three "great military calamities"	Battle of Cannae	63%
Hannibal's two brothers, who joined his campaign (name one)	Hasdrubal and Mago	57%
Rome was able to capture this small Mediterranean island in 218 BC	Malta	57%
This Roman general reconquered Spain between 210 and 207 BC	Publius Cornelius Scipio	49%
The Second Punic War began with the siege of this Spanish city	Saguntum	34%
He defeated Hannibal and ended the Second Punic War at the Battle of ______	Zama	34%
His victory earned him the agnomen _______	Africanus	33%
The second great defeat for the Romans	Battle of Lake Trasimene	30%
The first major battle of the war, a crushing Roman defeat	Battle of the Trebia	30%
In 214 BC, this Sicilian nation joined the war against Rome	Syracuse	27%
The consuls commanding Roman forces in the above answer (name one)	Paullus and Varro	23%
Hannibal used this military tactic to win the battle	Double envelopment	9%
After his victories in Spain, he sailed to North Africa and laid siege to this city	Utica	8%
Marcus Claudius Marcellus was able to hold off Hannibal three times at this location	Nola	3%