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	Battle of Ticinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Ticinus was a battle of the Second Punic War fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio in November 218 BC.
		Nevertheless, as a result of Rome’s defeat at Ticinus, the Gauls were encouraged to join the Carthaginian cause.
		Scipio, injured in the battle, retreated across the Trebia River with his army still intact, and encamped at the town of Placentia to await reinforcements from the other consul, Tiberius Sempronius Longus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Ticinus (486 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ticino River
		Ticinus, river, 154 mi (248 km) long, rising in Ticino canton, S Switzerland, and flowing generally S through Lago Maggiore into N Italy, joining the Po River below Pavia.
		It is formed by the Ticino River and lies partly in Switzerland.
		A Ticinese Flair for Life : Although the canton of ticino is officially part of switzerland, its architecture, food, language, and attitudes testify to the region's italian character.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Ticino+River (573 words)

	Place Names
		River that flowed near ancient Phintias on the southwestern coast of Sicily.
		A Roman soldier colony on the Padus River; I agree with Peter Connolly that it was probably west of the present town of Piacenza, perhaps near present-day Stradella, rebuilt in a different place after Hannibal destroyed the original in 218 B.C. See also Cremona.
		The Ticino River near Milan and Pavia in northern Italy; the Ticinus is a tributary of the Padus (Po) River.
	againstrome.com /place_names.htm (1618 words)

	Notes
		Livy differs from the other sources in saying that seven elephants survived all that but perished in the Apennine crossing—I doubt that version as Hannibal crossed the Apennines in spring, and it was a much less eventful crossing than the one through the Alps, so I’ve followed the majority of the sources.
		This is highly controversial, with some modern historians arguing that it took place east of the Ticinus and north of the Padus while others contend that it took place west of the Ticinus (and north of the Padus).
		The value of this placement is that Stradella is closer than Piacenza to the confluence of the Padus (Po) and Ticinus (Ticino) rivers and is west of the Trebia rather than east, making it easier to reconcile the geography with the ancient accounts.
	chucksp1.tripod.com /notes.htm (5666 words)

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		Acheleous Mythical river - oldest mother of the waters - invoked by the Cumean Sibyl to end her oracles.
		Rises to individual relevance when he becomes the shuttle between the River and Lake Avernus, and the relater of the goings-on there.
		A Sophia in disguise, not entirely immune to the River’s (clumsy) charms, but very focused on the work to carry out in the “secret caves”.
	www.guido-mina-di-sospiro.com /memoirsofariverlist.html (951 words)

	Ticino River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The river Ticino (German: Tessin; Latin: Ticinus) is a tributary of the Po.
		The river is dammed in Switzerland in order to create hydroelectricity, while in Italy it is primarily used for irrigation.
		The Battle of Ticinus 218 BC, in the Second Punic War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ticino_River (129 words)

	Second Punic War Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hannibal did not cross the Ebro River (Saguntum was near modern Valencia - well south of the river) in arms, and the Saguntines provoked his attack by attacking their neighboring tribes who were Carthaginian protectorates, and by massacring pro-Punic factions in their city.
		Scipio, severely injured in the battle, retreated across the River Trebia with his army still intact, and encamped at the town of Placentia to await reinforcements.
		Hasdrubal was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Metaurus River (207).
	www.bookrags.com /Second_Punic_War (7160 words)

	Special Project 1: Tangent Deliverable
		When Hamilcar Barca died in 229 BC in battle near the Jucar river, command of the Spanish wars was given to Hannibal's brother-in-law, Hasdrubal.
		Scipio's father and uncle gave battle to the brothers in the Baetis River valley, and were both defeated and killed.
		Meanwhile, Hasdrubal Barca met defeat in Italy at the river Metaurus by the new Roman consuls, and was killed.
	www.travelin-tigers.com /zhs/proj1d.htm (2933 words)

	19. The Second Punic War, 219 Page 1
		They changed their plan, and kept Sempronius to defend Italy, while Scipio went by sea to Marsala, a Greek colony in Gaul, to try to stop Hannibal at the Rhone; but he was too late, and therefore, sending on most of his army to Spain, he came back himself with his choicest troops.
		With these he tried to stop the enemy from crossing the river Ticinus, but he was defeated and so badly wounded that his life was only saved by the bravery of his son, who led him out of the battle.
		As he always put off a battle, he was called Cunctator, or the Delayer; but at last he had the Carthaginians enclosed as in a trap in the valley of the river Vulturnus, and hoped to cut them off, posting men in ambush to fall on them on their morning's march.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/YoungFolks/Rome/YoungFolks_RomeC19P1.htm (1060 words)

	Characters
		(Bran'-kus) A chief of the Allobroges* in southern Gaul on the Rhodanus River.
		Beat the Romans at the Ticinus River in Italian Gaul (P. Scipio) in 218, the Trebia River* in Italian Gaul (Sempronius) in 218, Lake Trasimene in Etruria (Flaminius) in 217, Gerunium in Apulia (Minucius) in 217, and Cannae in Apulia (Aemilius Paullus) in 216.
		A junior military tribune at the Ticinus River and later Scipio’s legate in Spain and Africa.
	againstrome.com /characters.htm (4755 words)

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		This march is significant because not only did it represent a brilliant military mind, but also because of the speed and discipline with which it was conducted (it took two weeks, and was completed in October, as the winter snows were beginning to fall).
		However, in a cavalry engagement at the river Ticinus (east of Turin), the Carthaginians defeated their opponents.
		Thanks to their help, Hannibal won a second victory at the river Trebia (west of modern Piacenza), defeating a Roman army that had been supplemented with the Roman troops that had been sent to Sicily earlier that year (December 218).
	www.thinkaboutit.com /Hannibal.html (3235 words)

	CNAf0005SecondPunicWar
		The ambush and defeat of the Roman army under Gaius Flaminius on the northern shore of Lake Trasimene in June of 217 BC was another serious blow to Roman morale.
		Meanwhile, near the mouth of the Ebro River in Spain, a Roman fleet destroyed the Barcid Spanish fleet.
		The Metaurus River battle was the last set-piece battle in Italy, and Hannibal did not participate.
	www.mmdtkw.org /CNAf005SecondPunicWar.html (2454 words)

	Carthage
		When the forces were ready, he sailed with them to the Rhone, and anchored at the eastern mouth of the river, being persuaded that Hannibal must still be at a considerable distance from him, as the country through which he had to march was diffi Hannibal.
		Marching along that river, he crossed the Alps, descended into the valley of the Dora Baltea, and followed the course of the river till he arrived in the territories in the Insubrian Gauls.
		In the battle which ensued the Romans were defeated, and Scipio, with the remainder of the army, retreating along along the left of the Po, crossed the river before Hannibal could overtake him and encamped near Placentia.
	www.angelfire.com /vamp/bakrawi/Carthage.html (1178 words)

	Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D By Robert F. Pennel (1890)- Chapter 15 from Nalanda Digital ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A detachment of soldiers was sent up the river with orders to cross at the first available place, and, returning on the opposite bank, to surprise the Celtic forces in the rear.
		As he was leaving this river and approaching the pass of the Little St. Bernard, he was again attacked by the Celts, and obliged to make the ascent amidst continual and bloody encounters.
		The heights that commanded the right bank of the river were occupied by his main army; and the road itself, which led across the river, was guarded by a strong division of men.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/ancrome/chapter15.html (1880 words)

	Hannibal's Epic March Across the Alps to Rome's Gates [Archive] - Military Photos
		Therefore, on the third night after reaching the river, he secretly dispatched a detachment of his army, under the command of Hanno, led by native guides on a 25-mile forced march upriver to a suitable crossing point.
		The rest of the elephants had refused to venture onto boats in the river, so the pier was disguised as dry land, covered with dirt.
		This area was known as the "island," hemmed in on two sides by rivers and on the third by mountains.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-35332.html (4206 words)

	ClCiv 120A: Essay Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Of the remaining rivers, most flow towards the north from the mountains of Arkunia; and these both in height and mass are the greatest in the vicinity of that region.
		Passing by everyone else, she turned to the Greeks and handed the water to Protis who, becoming a son-in-law instead of a visitor, was given by his father-in-law a site on which to build his city.
		And so Massilia was founded, in a remote bay near the mouth of the River Rhone, in a sequestered nook of the sea, as it were.
	www.classics.uiuc.edu /fauber/clciv120a/documents/keltika.html (3684 words)

	Hannibal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Romans were aware of the danger that Hannibal might entice the Gauls into rebellion, and had sent an army to prevent this.
		However, in a cavalry engagement at the river Ticinus, the Carthaginians defeated their opponents.
		Thanks to their help, Hannibal won a second victory at the river Trebia, defeating a Roman army that had been supplemented with the Roman troops that had been sent to Sicily earlier that year.
	www.cs.uh.edu /~clifton/hannibal.html (1624 words)

	Independent Study Fair Report
		Hannibal the Conqueror was the man that had his army cross the impossible river to cross and he crossed the Alps one of the highest mountains in the world.
		Everybody said the river was impossible to cross in flood season.
		He defeated P. Cornelius Scipio at the Ticinus river and also defeated Sempronius Longus at the Trebbis river in December.
	www.oberlin.k12.oh.us /talent/isp/reports2004/6Graham.htm (1563 words)

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		The treaty of Ebro River is signed, dictating the lands of both the Carthaginians and the Romans, and setting the Ebro River as the boundary between Carthaginians and Romans.
		Pompeius Magnus is defeated in a battle with Q. Sertorius near the River Sucro and later enters an indecisive battle near the town of Saguntum.
		His army was all but defeated on the banks of the Sambre River, and it was only the quick thinking of Caesar and the battle training of the legions from preventing the annihilation and the end of the Gallic Wars.
	www.novaroma.org /camenaeum/RomanTimeline.txt (25003 words)

	contuation of A famous Tunisian
		While these negotiations were still going on, Hannibal continued to extent Carthage's territory: he appointed his brother Hasdrubal (not to be confused with Hannibal's brother-in-law) as commander in Iberia, and in May 218 he crossed the river Ebro in order to complete the conquest of the Iberian peninsula.
		In a lightning campaign, he crossed the Pyrenees with an army of 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 37 elephants; next, he crossed the river Rhône (at Arausio, modern Orange [pictures]).
		In October 218, 38,000 soldiers and 8,000 cavalry had reached the plains along the river Po in the vicinity of the Italian town Turin.
	journals.aol.com /sinnermeetevil/Myfamily/entries/2005/06/26/.../418 (1988 words)

	Why did They do that? ... Takes on the Punic Wars
		Had Hannibal crossed the Ticinus, he would probably have had to move north first, since he could not risk being caught by Scipio while crossing.
		Since the actual events at the Ticinus turned on Hannibal's usual craftiness, and little bit of luck, he may not have been as successful had he crossed the river.
		The destruction was terrible, Scipio was wounded, and the Roman army fled in retreat.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/woodyhannibal6.html (654 words)

	Ticino - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ticino Canton, canton in Switzerland, bordered on the north by Uri Canton, on the north and east by Graubünden Canton, on the south-east by the...
		The principal river system is formed by the Rhine and its tributaries.
		Other important rivers are the Rhône, Ticino, and Inn.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Ticino&pg=1&grp=med (83 words)

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		BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENARIO The Battle of the Ticinus in 218BC was a (mostly cavalry) encounter battle between the Romans and the Karthaginians.
		Saguntum was south of the Iberos (Ebro), a river the Karthaginians had agreed by treaty with Rome not to cross.
		Scipio was encamped slightly west of the Ticinus, a tributary which joins the Po from the north, over which he had built a bridge.
	www.wargamer.com /greatbattles/Scenarios/218BC-Ticinus-NF-p3-1.doc (9250 words)

	Scipio Africanus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		His father, also named Publius Cornelius Scipio, was elected a Roman consul in 218 bc, and the young Scipio accompanied him in a confrontation with Hannibal's invasion force near the Ticinus River in Northern Italy shortly after the Carthaginian commander had completed his famous crossing of the Alps.
		Sending a portion of his army by sea along the Spanish coast toward New Carthage, Scipio led the remainder of his troops on a march of 325 miles in seven days to reach the walls of the enemy stronghold before the Carthaginian field commanders had time to react.
		In a departure from standard Roman practice, Scipio divided his army in the face of the Carthaginian force and employed his lighter armed troops as a screen in the center while the main force fell upon the enemy flanks.
	history-world.org /scipio_africanus.htm (1612 words)

	Rome: Total War @ The Wargamer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A detachment sent across the night before took the Gauls in the flank as Hannibal led the rest of the army in a river assault, routing the enemy.
		Hannibal carefully planned the battle, first choosing a site that would force the Romans to fight with the River Trebia at their backs, then secreting a force of 1,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry in what would be the Roman rear and finally sending a cavalry force out to draw the Romans into position.
		Hannibal had his army in a single line, the Gauls in the center of the infantry line with the cavalry on each flank and the elephants ahead of the infantry.
	www.wargamer.com /microsites/rome_total_war/punic2_page2.html (1059 words)

	Amazon.com: "Ticinus River": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After defeating the Etruscans in battle not far from the Ticinus River and on hearing that the land which they now occupied belonged to the Insubres, the same name as a tribe...
		SECOND PUNIC WAR BATTLE AT THE TREBIA The Romans lost a minor engagement to Hannibal in 218 B.C. at the Ticinus River, where the consul Scipio, wounded and surrounded by enemy cavalry, was saved by his seventeen-year-old son.
		Roman attempts at resistance on the line of the Po led to a skirmish on the Ticinus river,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Ticinus-River (514 words)

	Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
		Having crossed the Alps from Spain into Italy late in 218 BC, Hannibal had in the previous year inflicted a reverse on the Romans at the Ticinus river, won a decisive victory at the Trebia and destroyed a whole Roman army in one of the greatest ambushes of all time at Lake Trasimene.
		The battlefield of Cannae was delineated by a river on the Roman left flank and a series of low hills on the other flank which do not appear to have affected the action.
		The Roman deployment was clearly designed to limit the ability of the Carthaginian cavalry to outflank the centre before its powerful thrust had broken through and destroyed the opposing infantry.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/cannae.html (1446 words)

	A Warhammer Ancient Battles Site
		Every battle we played was a snapshot of some of the events that occurred, when Hannibal left Spain until he fought his first major battle against the Romans in Italy.
		A Roman army under the command of Scipio, landing near the mouth of the river Rhone, were confronted by Gauls that wanted to push the Romans back into the sea in one of the battles.
		The first battle at the river Ticinus between the Romans and the Carthaginians was played, and the last day, the battle at the River Trebia was fought as a double.
	www.home.zonnet.nl /richardevers2000/battles14.htm (755 words)

	Ticino - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It provides irrigation in Italy; the important Cavour irrigation canal branches from the river.
		The Ticino River was the scene (218 BC) of Hannibal's victory over Scipio in the Second Punic War.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Ticino" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ticinor.html (338 words)

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