Key term for OCR GCSE Ancient History, used in Defeat of Carthage.
A situation where Carthage's military commitments across Italy, Spain, and Africa exceeded its available resources and manpower.
strategic overstretch appears in OCR GCSE Ancient History revision content for Hannibal and the Second Punic War, especially Defeat of Carthage and Defeat of Carthage.
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