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Major conflict217 BCE

Battle of Lake Trasimene

Northern shore of Lake Trasimene, Umbria, Italy

Estimated casualties

15K – 30Kestimated dead

Roman dead reported ~15,000 with another ~15,000 captured; Carthaginian losses light (~1,500-2,500). Ancient figures, broadly accepted as a major Roman disaster.

SOURCEPolybius/Livy summarized on Wikipedia

Hannibal ambushed and destroyed a Roman army under the consul Gaius Flaminius along the shore of Lake Trasimene, one of the largest ambushes in military history. The disaster led Rome to appoint Fabius Maximus dictator and adopt a strategy of delay.

Belligerents2

  • Roman Republic
  • Carthage

ON THE MAPRoman RepublicCarthaginian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFSecond Punic War

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Lake Trasimene
  2. Livius.org (Jona Lendering)
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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