Question

This city housed up to 220 ships in a circular harbor complex (10[1])called a cothon. (10[3])This city’s highest authority was the Council of a Hundred and Four. (10[1])This city’s walled citadel, the Byrsa, takes its name from the myth that it was mapped out using strips cut from an oxhide. Under Mago I, this city became increasingly independent from Tyre. Hasdrubal fought for this city during a conflict in which Scipio Africanus (10[1])defeated their forces at the Battle of Zama. (10[2])Ruins from (10[1])this city, which was likely not salted after its destruction, are found across modern-day Tunis. For 10 points, what city fought Rome in the Second Punic War with armies led by Hannibal? ■END■

ANSWER: Carthage [or Karthago or Carthaginian Empire; reject “Tunis”]
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Steven SongIllinois CNorthwestern B1110
Sam KonkelChicago AWashU A1410
Owen McCoyIllinois DNotre Dame B1410
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame ANorthwestern A1410
Nitin MurthyPurdue AIowa A2610
Owen AshbrookIowa BPurdue B7110
Emmett ChoChicago BNotre Dame C7910
Davis JohnsonPurdue CSIUE7910
Sam HewittWashU BIndiana8110

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