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Battle of Lake Trasimene

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 21, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 21:45, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1704 bust depicting Hannibal

The battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. The Romans had positioned an army on each side of the Apennine Mountains, but were surprised when a 50,000-strong Carthaginian army crossed by a difficult but unguarded route. Flaminius, in charge of the nearest Roman army, set off in pursuit. Hannibal sprung his ambush on the north shore of Lake Trasimene, to the south of Cortona. With the Carthaginians attacking unexpectedly from the flank and the rear, possibly in poor visibility, there was no chance for the Romans to form even a rudimentary fighting line and they were defeated after three hours hard fighting. The trap failed to close on 6,000 Romans, but they surrendered later in the day and so all 25,000 Romans engaged were killed or captured. This destruction of an entire army as a result of an ambush by another army is widely considered a unique occurrence. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Several battles. The most recent from the classical period seems to be battle of Adys on 19 December. (From the First Punic War.)
Main editors: Gog the Mild
Promoted: 20 January 2023
Reasons for nomination: 2,240th anniversary of the battle.
Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:13, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Unlimitedlead (talk) 22:50, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]