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The Tide Turns
The Roman Conquest of SpainScipio goes to AfricaBattle of Zama
Panic after Cannae
•Rome braces for a siege that never comes
– Hannibal winters in Capua; northern andsouthern Italy are his – Rome returns to Fabian Tactics: refusing battleto Hannibal, in an attempt weaken his forces bydesertion (fickle Gauls/unpaid mercenaries) – Her central Italian allies remain loyal
Return to Fabian Tactics
•Publius Cornelius Scipio the Elder and his brother Gnaeus C. Scipio (both
consuls
) the war to Spain.
– To deprive Hannibal of any reinforcements and silver
•212, Romans take Syracuse (had gone over toCarthage after the death of Hiero II)
– Stubborn defense by Archimedes
•Archimedian crane/Death Ray?
– Killed by a Roman soldier as he finished a math problem
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