Question

This city housed up to 220 ships in a circular harbor complex called a cothon. This city’s highest authority was the Council of a Hundred and (10[3])Four. (-5[1])This city’s (10[1]-5[1])walled citadel, the Byrsa, takes its name from the myth that it was mapped out using strips cut (10[1])from an oxhide. (10[1])Under (10[1])Mago I, this city (10[1])became increasingly independent (10[1])from Tyre. Hasdrubal fought for this city during a conflict in which Scipio Africanus defeated their forces at the Battle (10[1])of Zama. Ruins from 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? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Carthage [or Karthago or Carthaginian Empire; reject “Tunis”]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%0%50.10
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%60.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%15.00
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will HughesAuburn ASouth Carolina A2510
Will HughesAuburn ASouth Carolina A2510
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AFurman2510
Ethan AltshulEmory AGeorgia Tech C26-5
Asheton WilbanksClemson AGeorgia Tech B2810
Daniel ChenEmory OxfordTennessee B28-5
Alex WyrickTennessee AAlabama A4610
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt A4910
John McqueenSouth Carolina BVanderbilt B5010
Aaron TaylorMississippi State AAuburn C5410
Jack OgletreeAuburn BSouthern5710
Shawn RichardsonClemson BBelmont7710
Alina MooreTennessee BEmory Oxford11310
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CEmory A11410