... their reluctance seriously hindered the plans the general had had for the war from the beginning. To add to this, a new Roman army under Quintus Fabius Maximus kept on the tail of the Carthaginians and ensured that they couldn't establish a permanent base of operations. In 216, Rome launched a new, aggressive move and mobilised an extremely strong field army estimated to have ... ...

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