What Was Hannibal's Surprise Strategy in the Second Punic War

question 70

Multiple Choice

What was Hannibal's surprise strategy in the second Punic War?

• A) To invade southern Italy with the assistance of displaced Greeks
• B) To lay siege to the Roman provinces on Corsica and Sardinia
• C) To use Numidian land troops to provoke the Romans to attack in Gaul
• D) To use diverse forces and attack by land, crossing the Alps into northern Italy
• E) To entrap and burn the Roman navy in the straits between Sicily and Carthage

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