Question

This city housed up to 220 ships in a circular harbor complex (10[4])called a cothon. This city’s highest authority was the Council of a Hundred and Four. 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 (10[1])Mago I, this city became increasingly independent from Tyre. Hasdrubal (10[1])fought for this city during a conflict in which Scipio Africanus defeated their forces at the Battle of (10[2])Zama. Ruins from this city, (10[1])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 (10[1])with armies led by Hannibal? ■END■

ANSWER: Carthage [or Karthago or Carthaginian Empire; reject “Tunis”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brian HoffCornell BBinghamton B1110
Chris ScheriRIT BCornell C1110
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell G1110
Tom ScheriRIT ASyracuse1110
Alec RisoCornell DBinghamton A5010
Aidan KeenanU of Rochester ACornell E6010
Sam HofeckerPenn StateU of Rochester B7810
Sam HofeckerPenn StateU of Rochester B7810
Gregory StoneESFRIT C8310
Joseph TabaskoBinghamton CCornell F10810

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%0%50.10
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%60.13
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2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%17%55.25
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%49.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%42.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%26.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%43.22