Round 8: Tossup 1

Julius Caesar’s Fifth Gallic Legion began using an image of these weapons for its emblem after defeating them at the Battle of Thapsus. Roman cavalry were destroyed by the “Lucanian Ox” type of these (15[1])weapons at the Battle of Heraclea. Aelian (“AYE-lee-in”) claimed that forces under Pyrrhus of Epirus (15[1])that used (-5[1])these weapons were repulsed (15[1])after horned rams and (*) flaming pigs disrupted (10[1])them. Scipio (10[1])Africanus opened columns (10[1])at Zama to counter stampedes led by these animals. The 218 BC crossing of the Alps killed most of 37 of these animals used in Hannibal’s army. For 10 points, name these large tusked mammals often used in ancient warfare. ■END■

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