De Tweede Punische Oorlog: Het Jaar 212 BCE

Samenvatting De jonge Publius Cornelius Scipio wordt tot curulisch aediel gekozen; Publius Licinius Crassus wordt de nieuwe pontifex maximus; De praetor urbanus onderdrukt verschillende buitenlandse religieuze culten; Rechtszaak tegen de publicanus Marcus Postumius uit Pyrgi wegens het oplichten van de Staat; Tarentum wordt aan Hannibal verraden, maar de Romeinen houden…

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The Second Punic War: The Year 213 BCE

Summary The Romans recapture Arpi in Apulia; Hannibal fails to achieve anything significant in Italy; The proconsul Marcus Claudius Marcellus attacks Syracuse in a combined land and naval assault; With the aid of the mathematician and engineer Archimedes, the Syracusans repel the attack; The Romans keep Syracuse under siege while…

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The Second Punic War: The Year 212 BCE

Summary Young Publius Cornelius Scipio is elected curule aedile; Publius Licinius Crassus becomes the new pontifex maximus; The praetor urbanus suppresses foreign religious cults; Trial of the publicanus Marcus Postumius from Pyrgi for deceiving the State; Tarentum is betrayed to Hannibal, but the Romans cling on to the citadel and…

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