Question: in the second punic war between carthage and rome carthage formed an alliance with
Answer: Second Punic War Part of the Punic Wars The Mediterranean in 218 BC Date 218 -- 202 BC ( 17 years ) Location Italia , Hispania , North Africa , Sicily , Sardinia , Cisalpine Gaul , Transalpine Gaul , Greece Result Roman victory Territorial changes Roman annexation of Carthaginian Iberia Unification of Numidia Belligerents Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Numidia Iberian tribes Carthage Syracuse Masaesyli Massylii Macedon Other Greek states Iberian tribes Commanders and leaders Scipio Africanus Fabius Cunctator Publius Cornelius Scipio † Tiberius Sempronius Gaius Flaminius † Claudius Marcellus † Terentius Varro Claudius Nero Hannibal Hasdrubal Barca † Mago ( DOW ) Hasdrubal Gisco Syphax ( POW ) Hanno the Elder Philip V Strength 768,500 54,000 Active Roman soldiers 53,500 Roman capital detail 388,000 Socii 273,300 Reserves Unknown Casualties and losses 300,000 + killed in action Unknown