Question

This region’s port of Onusa was sacked following a naval battle whose losers were unprepared because they had disembarked to forage. The warrior queen Asbyte (“ass-BY-tee”) fights in a battle in this region in Book I of an epic by Silius Italicus. Rumors of an ill commander at a garrison in this region led to a mutiny (-5[1])supported by Indibilis (“in-DEE-bil-iss”) and Mandonius. After a battle in this region, an emissary lifted the folds of his toga and asked the battle’s winners to choose between peace and war. To win a battle in this region, Roman cavalry swung around to surprise a hungry army’s flank in a tactic (-5[1])called a “reverse Cannae (10[1]-5[1])(“canny”).” Victory (-5[1])at Ilipa (10[1])(“ILL-ih-puh”) in (10[1])this region (10[3])allowed (10[1])the (10[2])Romans (-5[1])to gain control of the silver mines (10[1])surrounding its (10[1])port of Gādēs (10[2])(“GAH-dayss”). For 10 points, (-5[1])the siege (-5[1])of Saguntum (-5[1])occurred (10[1])in which (10[1])region, whose city of Nova Carthago (10[1])was renamed Cartagena? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: Hispania [or Iberia; or Celtiberia; accept Hispania Citerior, Hispania Ulterior, Hispania Tarraconensis, Lusitania, or Baetica; prompt on Spain or Portugal] (The battle in the first sentence refers to the Battle of the Ebro River. Silius Italicus wrote Punica.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2496%0%33%131.04

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Jared HeWaterloo AColumbia A55-5
Noah ChinVirginia TechMinnesota105-5
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AWUSTL A109-5
Biniam AlaroFloridaLSE10910
Chris ScheriRITOhio State110-5
Matt SchiavoneNorthwesternChicago A11210
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BVirginia11310
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ARutgers11510
Andrew ZengStanfordIllinois A11510
Michael KearneyHarvardMIT11510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltIllinois B11610
Anthony LovegrenUCFMichigan11710
Skand ParvatikarArizona StatePenn State11710
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUUC Berkeley B118-5
Jakob MyersIndianaNorth Carolina A12510
Ian LuGeorgia TechChicago B12710
Olin BoseColumbia BCornell B13010
Jacky XuCornell AToronto B13010
John ChenBritish ColumbiaOttawa133-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BYale135-5
Patrick TorreMarylandWinona State137-5
Bryce CruiseTexasIowa State13810
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateWUSTL B14010
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto CJohns Hopkins14610
Roxanne TangOhio StateRIT14910
Adrian WongOttawaBritish Columbia15010
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BNYU15010
Charles HangWUSTL AUC Berkeley A15010
Henry BonWinona StateMaryland15010
Shardul RaoMinnesotaVirginia Tech15010
Cooper RohColumbia AWaterloo A15010
Jem BurchYaleWaterloo B1500