Following another battle in this conflict, soldiers from the losing side committed suicide by burying their faces in the ground and smothering themselves to death.
One battle during this conflict saw forces under Tiberius Sempronius Longus suffer defeat after being ambushed by Mago, whose forces had been concealed in the dry brush of a riverbed. Following another battle in this conflict, soldiers from the losing side committed suicide by burying their faces in the ground and smothering themselves to death. That battle took place after the abandonment of the Fabian strategy, and saw one side encircle the other using Numidian and Iberian cavalry. It featured battles at Trebia, Zama, and Cannae. For 10 points, name this conflict between the Roman Republic and a North African city-state.
One battle during this conflict saw forces under Tiberius Sempronius Longus suffer defeat after being ambushed by Mago, whose forces had been concealed in the dry brush of a riverbed.
Second Punic War [prompt on Punic War]