X-Nico

unusual facts about 218 BC


Insubres

During the invasion of Hannibal of 218-217 BC, the Insubres rebelled in support of the Carthaginians.



see also

Casteggio

In 218 BC it regained its independence after the Roman defeat in the neighbourhood by Hannibal's army; however it fell again to Roman rule in 197 BC, when it was also set to fire.

Delenda Est

Renegade time travelers meddle in the outcome of the Second Punic War, bringing about the premature deaths of Publius Cornelius Scipio and Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Ticinus in 218 BC, and thus creating a new timeline in which Hannibal destroys Rome in 210 BC.