SPQR       Hannibals War 219-202bc
The 2nd Punic War saw the Roman state nearly extinguished,50,000 citizens slain in the first 3 years, eventualy in 202 Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama but not before perhaps 1 in 6 of Romes  male adults were lost,not even WW1 had such a high loss of life.
