<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Punic War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Punic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Mediterranean in 218 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 218--202 BC (17 years) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Italia, Hispania, North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Cisalpine Gaul, Transalpine Gaul, Greece </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Roman victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Roman annexation of Carthaginian Iberia </Li> <Li> Unification of Numidia </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Numidia Iberian tribes </Td> <Td> Carthage Syracuse Masaesyli Massylii Macedon Other Greek states Iberian tribes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scipio Africanus Fabius Cunctator Publius Cornelius Scipio † Tiberius Sempronius Gaius Flaminius † Claudius Marcellus † Terentius Varro Claudius Nero </Td> <Td> Hannibal Hasdrubal Barca † Mago (DOW) Hasdrubal Gisco Syphax (POW) Hanno the Elder Philip V </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 768,500 </P> <Ul> <Li> 54,000 Active Roman soldiers </Li> <Li> 53,500 Roman capital detail </Li> <Li> 388,000 Socii </Li> <Li> 273,300 Reserves </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 300,000 + killed in action </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Punic War </Th> </Tr>

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