Lake Trasimenus

Lake Trasimenus he entrapped the Romans under Flaminius in a mountain defile, where, bewildered by a fog that filled the valley, the greater part of the army was slaughtered, and the consul himself was slain.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Lake Trasimenus, -- _fifteen thousand_ prisoners taken; total rout again at Cannae, -- rings picked from slain gentlemen's fingers by the peck or bushel, -- everything lost in battle, and a great revolt through the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various

In 217 Hannibal, after his victory at Lake Trasimenus, was repulsed from the walls of Spoleto.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannæ, and all but took Rome, represents pretty nearly the sum total of their knowledge.

A World of Girls The Story of a School L. T. Meade 1884

I want to see the ruins of Rome; I want to see the Tiber, the Clitumnus, the Aufidus, the Alban Hills, Lake Trasimenus, -- a thousand places!

The Unclassed George Gissing 1880

Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannæ, and all but took Rome, and that the

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

In the spring he went on ravaging the country in hopes to make the two new consuls, Flaminius and Servilius, fight with him, but they were too cautious, until at last Flaminius attacked him in a heavy fog on the shore of Lake Trasimenus.

Young Folks' History of Rome Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Flaminius, C., defeats the Insubres, 79; is defeated by Hannibal near Lake Trasimenus, and slain, 86.

A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

In the battle of Lake Trasimenus, the Carthaginians lost fifteen hundred men, nearly all Gauls; the Romans fifteen thousand and fifteen thousand prisoners.

Battle Studies Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq 1845

By ravaging Etruria he provoked the pursuit of the new consul Gaius Flaminius, whom Hannibal trapped with two legions in a defile on the northern shore of Lake Trasimenus.

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