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"Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and fought Rome in the Second Punic War."}, "https://codexery.com/capital-cities-of-africa/e/capital-cities-of-africa/tunis/": {"t": "Tunis", "s": "Capital of Tunisia, historic city on the Gulf of Tunis."}, "https://codexery.com/human-anatomy/e/human-anatomy/skeleton/": {"t": "Skeleton", "s": "The structural frame that supports the body of most animals."}, "https://codexery.com/textiles-in-folklore/e/textiles-in-folklore/minerva/": {"t": "Minerva", "s": "Roman goddess of wisdom, war, crafts, and the Capitoline Triad."}, "https://codexery.com/flowering-plants/e/flowering-plants/lilium/": {"t": "Lilium", "s": "A genus of bulbous flowering plants with cultural significance worldwide."}, "https://codexery.com/pompeii/e/pompeii/national-archaeological-museum-naples/": {"t": "National Archaeological Museum, Naples", "s": "Italian museum housing Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum."}, 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