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1 day ago · Hannibal defeats the Volcae Gauls, staying undefeated in his march for Italy. Battle of the Ticinus. November - Hannibal defeats the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder in a small cavalry fight. Battle of the Trebia. Hannibal defeats the Romans under Tiberius Sempronius Longus, who had foolishly attacked.
1 day ago · The consul for 260 BC, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, lost the first naval skirmish of the war against Hannibal Gisco at Lipara, but his colleague Gaius Duilius won a great victory at Mylae. He destroyed or captured 44 ships, and was the first Roman to receive a naval triumph, which also included captive Carthaginians for the first time.
5 days ago · Scipio and Sempronia apparently never got along, and dislike turned to hatred when Scipio condoned (and possibly encouraged) the murder of her brother Tiberius by their mutual cousin Scipio Nasica. Shortly thereafter Scipio died suddenly at the age of 45. Did Sempronia kill him?
5 days ago · The Battle of the Upper Baetis was a double battle, comprising the battles of Castulo and Ilorca, fought in 211 BC between a Carthaginian force led by Hasdrubal Barca and a Roman force led by Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus.
2 days ago · In 42 BC, the Triumvirate, in recognition for Cleopatra's help towards Publius Cornelius Dolabella in opposition to the Liberators, granted official recognition to Caesarion's position as king of Egypt.
4 days ago · The elder Scipio confronted Hannibal at the Battle of Ticinus. The battle went badly for the Romans, but young Scipio made a name for himself by leading his cavalry troop in a charge down a hill to rescue his father who had been wounded and unhorsed. Two years later Scipio survived the disastrous battle of Cannae.
5 days ago · Pompey the Great was one of the great statesmen and generals of the late Roman Republic, a triumvir (61–54 bce) who was an associate and later an opponent of Julius Caesar. He was initially called Magnus (“the Great”) by his troops in Africa (82–81 bce), and he assumed the cognomen Magnus after 81.
