But Hannibal deceived Flaminius by lighting huge campfires very far away while his entire army lay in ambush at the top of some hills overlooking Lake Transimeno. ... He caught the cast majority of the Romans between his army and the lake and the Romans either drowned or died where they stood, having not been organized in formation. ...

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