Question

This city housed up to 220 ships in a circular harbor complex called a cothon. (10[1])This city’s highest authority was the Council of a Hundred and Four. This city’s (10[1])walled citadel, (-5[1])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 (10[1])during a conflict in which (10[1])Scipio Africanus (10[1])defeated their forces at the Battle (10[1])of Zama. (10[2])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? ■END■

ANSWER: Carthage [or Karthago or Carthaginian Empire; reject “Tunis”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew Stappenbeck (DII)CWRU A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)1410
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan C Ohio State B (DII) 2810
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan B (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 30-5
Carter Pisocky (DII)Michigan D (UG)CWRU C (UG)6410
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State B Miami C (DII) 6910
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU B (DII) Ohio State C (DII) 7110
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) West Virginia A (UG) 7710
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan B (UG)7910
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 7910

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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
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