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Second Punic War

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 15, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:44, 11 September 2022 (UTC)



The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa. After immense material and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated. Macedonia, Syracuse and several Numidian kingdoms were drawn into the fighting; and Iberian and Gallic forces fought on both sides. There were three main military theatres during the war: Italy, where Hannibal defeated the Roman legions repeatedly, with occasional subsidiary campaigns in Sicily, Sardinia and Greece; Iberia, where Hasdrubal, a younger brother of Hannibal, defended the Carthaginian colonial cities with mixed success before moving into Italy; and Africa, where Rome finally won the war.
 * Most recent similar article(s): There was an ancient era battle on 29 April (Battle of Oroscopa) but I think the last time a war was a TFA was 7 July 2021 (First Punic War).
 * Main editors: Gog the Mild
 * Promoted: 30 July 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: A level 5 vital topic, Hannibal, elephants, Cannae - what more could you want?
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:50, 10 September 2022 (UTC)