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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2840976, member: 51347&quot;]I love the <b>History of the major Punic World War II with Rome (218-201 BCE)</b>.&nbsp; Rome (as WELL as Carthage) was tested to their limits.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the War where Hannibal crossed the Alps with a bunch of elephants, and terrorized the Italia peninsula for around a dozen years.&nbsp; Where Rome, within an 18 month period lost upwards of 200,000 Soldiers in 3 major battles (Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae)...&nbsp; some estimate that this was 20% of all men within Rome&#039;s fledgling Empire...&nbsp; Wow.&nbsp; Still, despite these losses, despite the despair, <b>Rome PERSEVERED and ultimately WON</b> the 2nd Punic War!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]672076[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Half-Shekel (about a Denarius in size) from the OTHER World Power, Carthage.&nbsp; It was minted right after those nasty 3 Battles that left Rome <i>decimated times TWO</i>... during Rome&#039;s lowest point, during their darkest years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]672078[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania </p><p>AR ½ Shekel 17mm 3.8g </p><p>2nd Punic War 218-202 BCE </p><p>Sicily mint 216-211 BCE </p><p>Obv: Tanit wreath of grains bust left </p><p>Rev: Standing Horse right, Sun as double Uraeus </p><p>SNG COP 359 (my re-attribution, originally SNG COP 352)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Looks like Tanit has a creepy little smile that says: &quot;Yeah, Rome, we just KICKED your BUTT!)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">PILE ON ANY COOL COINS OR COOL POSTS THAT ARE PERTINENT!</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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