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Chapter 17

Dido founder and queen of Carthage: in the Aeneid she falls in love with Aeneas and kills herself when he leaves her.

Hannibal (247–183 B.C.) Carthaginian general: crossed the Alps to invade Italy in 218. He was defeated by Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C. Fabius Maximus, more conservative in his tactics than Scipio, also fought against Hannibal.

Locri a city captured by Scipio and brutally treated by one of his commanders.

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