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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])

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