Ticino

Ticino (ancient Ticinus), river, western Europe. A tributary of the Po, it flows through southern Switzerland and northern Italy. From its sources in the St Gotthard range of the Alps, the river flows generally south across Ticino Canton, Switzerland, to Lake Maggiore, Italy, reappears at the southern extremity of the lake, and flows south and east to its confluence, south-east of Pavia, with the Po. Part of the boundary between Piedmont and Lombardy is formed by the Ticino. The river, which is navigable south of Lake Maggiore, is about 250 km (155 mi) in length. It was the site of the victory of the Carthaginian general Hannibal over the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio in the Second Punic War.