Ticino (river)
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The river Ticino is the most important perennial left-bank tributary of the Po. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows.
The Ticino and the Ponte Coperto of Pavia (originally medieval in date, rebuilt in 1950 after the destruction due to war bombing)
Part of the river Ticino, south of Milan-Malpensa Airport in Italy.
The upper Ticino near Airolo
Battle of Ticinus
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The Battle of Ticinus was fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio in late November 218 BC as part of the Second Punic War. It took place in t
Ticino (river)
…its northern shore. The legendary Gallic leader Bellovesus was said to have defeated the Etruscans here in circa 600 BC. Ticino was the location of the Battle of Ticinus, the first battle of the Second Punic War fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio in November…
Eighteenth-century depiction of the battle, showing the younger Scipio rescuing his wounded father
Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander
The Trebbia today at Rivergaro, at the foot of the hills in which Scipio sought refuge from Hannibal's army