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 battle took plac
Ducarius Beheads Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene (1882) by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre
The bowl of a Montefortino-type helmet, which was used by Roman infantry between c. 300 BC and c. AD 100. The cheek guards are missing.
Modern interpretation of a slinger from the Balearic Islands (famous for the skill of their slingers)
The battle of the Great Plains was fought in 203 BC in modern Tunisia between a Roman army commanded by Publius Cornelius Scipio, and allied Carthaginian and Numidian armies commanded by Hasdrubal Gis
A marble bust of the Roman commander, Scipio
The battle of Zama, as envisaged in the 17th century