Lake Trasimene

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §4 Lake Trasimene

  Lake in Etruria where Hannibal ambushed and destroyed Flaminius's army in 217 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §2 the disaster befell at Trasimene

  The lake in Etruria where Hannibal ambushed and destroyed Flaminius' army in 217 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §8 The lake of Trasimene and Cannae

  The lake in Etruria where Hannibal ambushed and destroyed Flaminius' army in 217 BC, paired with Cannae as a warning.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §20 Trasimene

  Lake Trasimene in Etruria, scene of Hannibal's great ambush-victory of 217 BC.