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. (15[1])Roman cavalry were destroyed by the “Lucanian Ox” type of these weapons at the Battle of Heraclea. Aelian (“AYE-lee-in”) claimed that forces under Pyrrhus of Epirus that used these weapons were repulsed after horned rams and (*) flaming pigs disrupted them. Scipio Africanus opened columns (10[1])at Zama to counter stampedes led by these animals. (10[1])The 218 (10[1])BC crossing of the Alps killed most of the 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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