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Lake Trasimenus

noun
1.
A battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius.  Synonym: Battle of Lake Trasimenus.





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"Lake Trasimenus" Quotes from Famous Books



... repeated Decius, in a murmurous monotone, when, for a moment, there were silence and space around him. "We marched by the Lake Trasimenus, and the fog lay thick upon us. Then came a noise of shouts and clash of arms and shrieks, but we saw nothing—only sometimes a great, white, naked body swinging a huge sword, and again a black man buried in his horse's mane that waved about him as he rushed by—only ...
— The Lion's Brood • Duffield Osborne


Words linked to "Lake Trasimenus" :   Punic War, pitched battle, Italian Republic, Italy, Italia


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