A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . Longitude 12 East liom 14 Greenwich 16 18. 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 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
A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . Longitude 12 East liom 14 Greenwich 16 18. 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 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 ; 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 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 V of Macedonia (§§ 292
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