Roman Wars: Punic Wars & Samnite Wars - Battles, Generals, and Tactics

Roman Wars

Question 1 - 10 • What Carthaginian general nearly took out Rome in the 2nd Punic War?

Answer 1 – 10 • Hannibal

Question 1 - 20 • What Roman was captured, convinced Rome to keep fighting, and then went back to Carthage, only to be killed?

Answer 1 – 20 • Regulus

Question 1 - 30 • What Carthaginian general was the father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal, and Mago?

Answer 1 – 30 • Hamilcar Barca

Question 1 - 40 • Who finally defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?

Answer 1 – 40 • Scipio Africanus

Question 1 - 50 • Which Roman finally burned Carthage to the ground in the Third Punic War?

Answer 1 – 50 • Scipio Aemilianus

Question 2 - 10 • What happened to the Romans who surrendered to the Samnites at the Battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 2 – 10 • They were forced under the yoke

Question 2 - 20 • How did Claudius Pulcher offend the gods, leading to the disaster at the Battle of Drepana?

Answer 2 – 20 • He threw the sacred chickens overboard

Question 2 - 30 • Which battle in 202 B.C. ended the Second Punic War?

Answer 2 – 30 • Battle of Zama

Question 2 - 40 • Where in 216 BC did Hannibal wipe out 70,000 Romans, including a consul, in the Romans’ worst defeat?

Answer 2 – 40 • B. of Cannae

Question 2 - 50 • Where did Hannibal trap the Romans against a lake and massacre them?

Answer 2 – 50 • Lake Trasimene

Question 3 - 10 • What Greek fighting formation did the Romans initially adopt?

Answer 3 – 10 • Phalanx

Question 3 - 20 • After being forced under the yoke at Caudine Forks, what formation did the Romans switch to?

Answer 3 – 20 • Maniple

Question 3 - 30 • After building a navy, how did the Romans successfully use the new tool, the corvus?

Answer 3 – 30 • They dropped it down to provide a walkway to the enemy ship

Question 3 - 40 • Hannibal’s strategy of giving way in the middle of the line, eventually surrounding the enemy, is known as what?

Answer 3 – 40 • Double envelopment

Question 3 - 50 • Avoiding pitched battle, attacking foraging parties, and scorched earth are aspects of what kind of tactics?

Answer 3 – 50 • Fabian tactics

Question 4 - 10 • Against which city did Rome fight the Punic Wars?

Answer 4 – 10 • Carthage

Question 4 - 20 • What mountains did Hannibal cross to get to Italy?

Answer 4 – 20 • Alps

Question 4 - 30 • What island was the focus of the First Punic War?

Answer 4 – 30 • Sicily

Question 4 - 40 • What modern country outside of Africa did Carthage take over and use as a base for the 2nd Punic War?

Answer 4 – 40 • Spain

Question 4 - 50 • In which modern country was Carthage located?

Answer 4 – 50 • Tunisia

Question 5 - 10 • What was the territorial change at the end of the First Punic War?

Answer 5 – 10 • Rome controlled Sicily

Question 5 - 20 • Why did the Romans attack Spain while Hannibal was in Italy?

Answer 5 – 20 • To take out his supply lines

Question 5 - 30 • What was the motivation for Rome to help the mercenaries on Sicily, starting the First Punic War?

Answer 5 – 30 • Economic control (over the Strait of Messana)

Question 5 - 40 • What city in Spain is named after Hannibal’s family?

Answer 5 – 40 • Barcelona

Roman Wars: Punic Wars & Samnite Wars - Battles, Generals, and Tactics