Featured Article Quiz #192
Hamilcar's defeat of Spendius and Autaritus
#1 Hamilcar’s victory with Naravas during the Mercenary War occurred in which year?
240 BC
264 BC
241 BC
#2 Which group switched sides to Carthage, enabling Hamilcar to defeat Spendius and Autaritus?
2,000 Numidian cavalry under Naravas
10,000 Roman legionaries sent by the Senate
Balearic slingers who deserted from Hamilcar’s army
#3 What was the main reason the Mercenary War escalated after the Carthaginian army left Sicily?
Carthage tried to negotiate a lower payment, angering the troops
Rome demanded Carthage surrender Sicily immediately
Carthage refused to pay any soldiers at all, including loyal troops