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177- The Burning Ships

The History of Rome

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The Battle of Carthage

After driving the vandals off sardinia with relative ease, he turned and began the slightly more difficult task of winning back control of sicily. Following this initial victory, the two main fronts of the war were officially opened. All was going according to plan, and it looked like north africa would be retaken in a matter of months, if not weeks. But then things started to unravel. There are two possible explanations for why this invasion is about to turn into such a disaster.

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