Identifier: historyofancient03good (find matches)
Title: A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Goodspeed, George Stephen, 1860-1905
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ITALY in 218 B. C. Srale of Miles. 0 20 40 80 80 100 120 HO States Allleil witli Koiiie I I Colonial IMwtriets L—J Aecr Piiblieus ^HH iaii States I I Territory i .-■J E M -N.womts. The Crisis of Rome 305 Fabius Maximus dictator. He would not give battle, butfollowed on the heels of Hannibal as he marched down tothe southeast ravaging the country. New commanders, theconsuls iEmilius Paulus and Terentius Varro, and a newand great army of more than 80,000 men marched out The Dis-against him in 216 B.C.; again the Romans were utterly clnn^beaten at Cannae in Apulia; one consul, Varro, and tenthousand men survived the slaughter. 364. Rome now appeared on the verge of destruction. TheThe majority of the Roman allies in southern Italy passed Deslrt.over to Hannibals side—Capua and Tarentum amongthe rest. In Sicily, Syracuse and its dependencies re-nounced the Roman alliance. Hasdrubal, the brother ofHannibal, was preparing to follow his brother into Italy.Phihp V of Macedonia (§§ 292

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