Prior to one of these conflicts, several thousand rebels were ambushed and then starved in a saw-shaped canyon, after having been defeated at Utica and the Bagradas River in the Mercenary War. These conflicts saw the Battle of Ilipa, and the first one was begun by the Mamertines and the tyrant Hiero II. One of these conflicts saw the successful use of the corvus at Cape Ecnomus. One side adopted t
Prior to one of these conflicts, several thousand rebels were ambushed and then starved in a saw-shaped canyon, after having been defeated at Utica and the Bagradas River in the Mercenary War. These conflicts saw the Battle of Ilipa, and the first one was begun by the Mamertines and the tyrant Hiero II. One of these conflicts saw the successful use of the corvus at Cape Ecnomus. One side adopted the Fabian strategy after its defeat at Lake Trasimene. For 10 points, name these conflicts that saw battles at Zama and Cannae, fought between Rome and Carthage.
Prior to one of these conflicts, several thousand rebels were ambushed and then starved in a saw-shaped canyon, after having been defeated at Utica and the Bagradas River in the Mercenary War.
Punic Wars 