Saguntum
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Ancient city in Spain, involved in the conflict between Hannibal and Rome, and the site of Hannibal's crossing into Italy.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentTom HollandThe Rest Is History · 569. Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2) · 4:39 · May 2025
…But before we do that, Tom, remind us where we got to last time. So we ended last time in 218 BC on a cliffhanger, because after years, months of gathering tension, Carthage and Rome are once again at war. And the trigger was this city in Spain called Saguntum, which Hannibal, as the commander of the Carthaginians in Spain, had taken and sacked, and the Rom…
Dominic SandbrookThe Rest Is History · 568. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (Part 1) · 41:59 · May 2025
…And so it's around the same time, and surely not coincidentally, that they establish friendly relations with an Iberian town called Saguntum, which lies on the coast. So very good communications with Rome by the sea. And the Saguntines become the kind of the Romans' eyes in Spain, kind of sending the Romans intelligence updates on what the Carthaginians are…
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