Punic Wars

Question 1

When was the battle of Agrigentum?

Answer 1

262 B.C.

Question 2

Who was the admiral at the battle of Mylae in 260 B.C.?

Answer 2

Duilius

Question 3

After which naval victory was Regulus able to land in Africa?

Answer 3

Ecnomus

Question 4

When did the Romans siege Lilybaeum and win Panormus?

Answer 4

250 B.C.

Question 5

Why is Claudius said to have been defeated at Drepanum?

Answer 5

He threw sacred chickens over board.

Question 6

Who started the Carthaginian offensive in Western Sicily in 247 B.C.?

Answer 6

Hamilcar Barca

Question 7

When did Rome first capture Panormus?

Answer 7

254 B.C.

Question 8

When was the defeat of Regulus’ army?

Answer 8

255 B.C.

Question 9

When was the battle of Mylae?

Answer 9

260 B.C.

Question 10

When was the battle of the Aegates Islands?

Answer 10

241 B.C.

Question 11

What island was Rome’s first province?

Answer 11

Sicily

Question 12

What two islands made up Rome’s second province?

Answer 12

Corsica and Sardinia

Question 13

When did Hamilcar move to Spain?

Answer 13

237 B.C.

Question 14

Who succeeded Hamilcar in Spain?

Answer 14

Hasdrubal

Question 15

When was Hamilcar succeeded?

Answer 15

230 B.C.

Question 16

When did the Ebro river become the border between Roma and Hasdrubal?

Answer 16

226 B.C.

Question 17

What was the border between Roma and Hasdrubal?

Answer 17

Ebro River

Question 18

Who succeeded Hasdrubal?

Answer 18

Hannibal

Question 19

When was Hasdrubal succeeded?

Answer 19

221 B.C.

Question 20

What city did Hannibal besiege to break a treaty with Rome?

Answer 20

Saguntum

Question 21

Who was the dictator before the Battle of Cannae?

Answer 21

Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator (The Delayer)

Question 22

When did Hannibal’s march on Rome begin?

Answer 22

211 B.C.

Question 23

When was the Capture of New Carthage?

Answer 23

209 B.C.

Question 24

When was the Battle of Baecula?

Answer 24

208 B.C.

Question 25

Where was Hasdrubal defeated in 207 B.C.?

Answer 25

Metaurus River

Question 26

When was the Battle of Ilipa?

Answer 26

206 B.C.

Question 27

When did Scipio land in Africa?

Answer 27

204 B.C.

Question 28

Who did Scipio defeat to win the Battle of the Great Plains in 203 B.C.?

Answer 28

Syphax

Question 29

When was Hannibal recalled to Carthage?

Answer 29

203 B.C.

Question 30

Who defeated Hannibal in 202 B.C.?

Answer 30

Scipio Africanus

Question 31

When did Scipio Africanus die?

Answer 31

184 B.C.

Question 32

How did Hannibal die?

Answer 32

He commited suicide

Question 33

When did Hannibal die?

Answer 33

183 B.C.

Question 34

When did Cato the elder first say “Carthago delenda est”?

Answer 34

149 B.C.

Question 35

When did Scipio Aemilianus take command in Carthage?

Answer 35

147 B.C.

Question 36

When was Carthage destroyed?

Answer 36

146 B.C.

Question 37

When was the third Punic war?

Answer 37

149 B.C. to 146 B.C.

Question 38

Who took command of the army in carthage in 147 B.C.?

Answer 38

Scipio Aemilianus

Question 39

Who said “Carthago delenda est”?

Answer 39

Cato the Elder

Question 40

How does “Carthao delenda est” translate into english?

Answer 40

Carthage must be destroyed