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Treb·bia

(trĕb′yä)
A river, about 105 km (65 mi) long, of northwest Italy flowing northward to the Po River. Hannibal defeated the Romans on the banks of the river in 218 bc.
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Treb•bi•a

(ˈtrɛb i ə)

n.
a river in N Italy, flowing N into the Po at Piacenza: Romans defeated by Hannibal near here 218 B.C. 70 mi. (113 km) long.
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Saranno morti tutti", e poi case "distrutte dal fuoco", "mucchi di paglia dopo la trebbia", "ceneri dei fuochi votivi", "girandole nude dopo l'efflorescenza di pochi minuti", "le ossa robuste e le mascelle delle carogne", "l'albero lacerato dalla tempesta", "le viti spampanate", "le rose affrante", "la brulla montagna e il carro delle immondizie", "i rottami del mondo in questo scuro".
Record-breaking rainfall of 123.6 mm within 1 hour (189.0 mm within 3 hours) at Cabanne and 107.6 mm within 1 hour (201.8 mm within 3 hours) in Salsominore caused floods in the basin of the Aveto, Trebbia, and Nure Rivers.
A reasoned opinion has also been sent concerning a water abstraction project on the river Trebbia in the Emilia-Romagna region which is damaging a valuable wildlife habitat, designated as a Site of Community Importance under the EU Habitats Directive.
A minor film, Vacanze in Val Trebbia, which gained scarce approval when it was presented at the Venice Film Festival in 1980, most clearly marks the change.
Dombrowski (who owed his life at the battle of the Trebbia to a volume of Schiller's History of the Thirty Years' War which he carried in his breast) occupied himself in his retirement with writing the History of the Polish Legions.
and enabled the Roman general Scipio to intercept his communications and confront him at the Trebbia River.
* (Parma-Piacenza) Hannibal is victorious at Trebbia (218 B.C.).
He then defeated a Roman army at Trebbia, a still larger Roman army at Lake Trasimene, and a larger Roman army still at Cannae in 215 B.C.
Principal battles: siege of Saguntum (Sagunto) (219); the Ticinus (Ticino), the Trebbia (218); Lake Trasimene (Trasimeno) (217); Cannae (216); Zama (near Tunis) (202).
Principal battles: the Trebia (Trebbia) (217); Grumentum (Grumento near Montemurro) (215).

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