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Second Punic War: The Carthaginians under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, capturing or killing 25,000 men.
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War between Rome and Carthage, 218 to 201 BC
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Battle of Lake Trasimene
217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
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