 Complete the following phrase:  In reality, because summer had elapsed by the time the second delegation reached Hannibal and concluded the treaty, its terms were never executed military operations were usually suspended in winter. Furthermore, the discovery of the alliance by the Roman senate nullified the element of surprise, which greatly diminished the treatys value in the context of the Second Punic War. Nevertheless, the discovery of the treaty led to debates in the Roman Senate about how to handle Macedonia and, eventually led to the outbreak of the 