Hannibal - the Battles

Reorder the following battles in the order they happened

• Cannae

• Zama

• Ticinus

• Trebia

• Trasimene

Match the following battles to the Roman generals involved

• Sempronius (Longus)

• Ticinus

• Terentius Varro & Aemilius Paullus

• Zama

• Flaminius

• Cannae

• Publius Scipio (younger)

• Trasimene

• Publius Scipio (elder)

• Trebia

Which of the following is true of the battle of Trebia?

• The Roman general led his troops across a swollen, freezing river before the battle

• The Roman general was wounded in the encounter

• The Romans were defeated in the centre of the line

• Hannibal had set-up Mago with an ambushing force of 2000

Label the Roman and Carthaginian commanders at the battle of Cannae

c

b

d

e

f

a

Hasdrubal

Varro

Maharbal

Servilius

Paullus

Hannibal & Mago

Which of the following were true of the battle of Trasimene

• A fog obscured what the Carthaginians were doing

• A dust cloud was blowing in the face of the Romans

• The battle took place next to a river

• The battle was an envelopment

• The Romans were driven into a lake

Match the following incidents to the battle where they took place

• Trebia

• The last battle on Italian soil where elephants featured

• Trasimene

• The rashness Roman commander walked into a trap

• Ticinus

• Two consular armies were surrounded and massacred

• Cannae

• A cavalry encounter where the Roman general was wounded

In between which two battles did Hannibal cross the 'uncrossable' mashes of the Arno?

• Ticinus and Trebia

• Trasimene and Cannae

• Trebia and Trasimene

• Trebia and Cannae

After which battle did Maharbal say to Hannibal: "You can win a battle, Hannibal. But you have no idea how to exploit it."

• Ticinus

• Trebia

• Trasimene

• Cannae

Which of these can be fairly said to have resulted in Hannibal's win at Cannae?

• Tensions between the Roman commanders

• The superiority of the Numidian cavalry

• low morale amongst the Roman soldiers

• The Carthaginian use of elephants

• The way Hannibal set up his battle-line with the strength on the wings

What does Livy accuse Hannibal of at the battle of Cannae?

• Getting luck with the wind blowing dust in the Romans' faces

• underhand tactics by some Numidians pretending to be surrendering

• cheating by using an ambush

• lying about how many the Romans lost