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- Ancient tradition says that because of the amount of blood that mixed in three days with the water in the lake, a small stream that fall to the lake was called Sanguineto, or "Blood River".
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Jul 18, 2023 · Tristan Hughes. 18 Jul 2023. @ancientstristan. Depiction of the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Image Credit: Public Domain. After suffering catastrophic defeat at the Battle of the Trebia, two new Roman armies were formed under the command of two new consuls: Gaius Flaminius and Gnaeus Servilius Geminus.
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3 days ago · May 27, 2024. The tranquil hills flanking Lake Trasimene in Umbria belie their blood-soaked past as the site of one of ancient Rome‘s worst military disasters. Here in 217 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal delivered a masterclass in battlefield deception and defeated a Roman army twice the size of his own.
Battle of Trasimene, (June 217 bce), second major battle of the Second Punic War, in which the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal defeated the Roman army under Gaius Flaminius in central Italy. Many of the Roman troops, mainly infantry , were forced into Lake Trasimene (modern Lake Trasimeno), where they drowned or were massacred.
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The defeat of the Romans at the Battle of the River Ticinius (November 218 BCE) was the first defeat of the Romans in the Second Punic War in Italy. The concerned Senate decided to summon consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus, who had previously been sent to Africa along with 160 ships (quinquereme) to obtain a replenishment of troops and supplies. Dur...
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Roman forces had about 30,000well-armed soldiers. Flaminius abandoned sending scouts, thinking that the Carthaginian army was still far away. So he ordered a march along the shores of the lake.
Carthaginian army
Carthaginian forces were around 40,000 people. This army was a jumble of different nations. The composition of the army wore a trail of wandering from Africa. Among these soldiers were the Numids, Libyans, Iberians, and Ligurians. There was one elephant in the army – Surus, who was the only survivor of the march through the Alps.
On the morning of June 21, under cover of fog, Hannibal sent his light cavalry to block Romans’ anticipated escape route; the rest of the forces waited hidden along the road the Romans would come. Hannibal was to give orders to simultaneously attack all his armies. At that time, Roman soldiers marched east along the road along Lake Trasimensky, not...
Hannibal, with his victory over Lake Trasimeno, proved that he was a brilliant commander and a serious threat to Rome’s independence. The battle led to the massive slaughter of the Romans, and the ambush itself is considered one of the largest in history. News of the defeat at Lake Trasimeno caused panic in the capital. The Senate decided to appoin...
An ancient tradition says that, because of the blood, which for over three days filled the water, a small stream feeding the lake was renamed Sanguineto, the "Blood River". [23] In the vicinity of Lake Trasimene, there are further areas that retain a particular meaning, including Ossaia ("Charnel House, Place of Bones"), Sepoltaglia ("Sepulchre ...
Mar 17, 2017 · Battle of Lake Trasimene - Laying the Trap: Passing along the northern shore of Lake Trasimene with the ultimate goal of striking Apulia, Hannibal learned that the Romans were on the march. Assessing the terrain, he made plans for a massive ambush along the lake's shore. The area along the lake was reached by passing through a narrow defile to ...
History was made in the ’Battle of Lake Trasimene’ occurring during Second Punic War (217 B.C.) on northern slope of lake between Cortona and Tuoro. Hannibal, elephnts and a vast number of Carthaginian soldiers defeated the Romans in largest ambush in military history. Towns called Ossaia and Sanguineto hint at the bones and blood on which ...
