History's Greatest Battles

The Battle of Zama, 202 B.C. Rome's Scipio Africanus Defeats Carthage's Hannibal Barca, Seeding Europe with Classical Latin Law and Warfare vs Carthaginian Trade and Commerce

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With Rome’s triumph at Zama, the Second Punic War came to a decisive close, sealing Rome’s ascendance as the unchallenged power of the western Mediterranean. Carthage, once a formidable rival, was left broken and stripped of strength, her influence reduced to a shadow of its former might.

Zama, Carthage. 202 B.C.
Roman Forces: ~ 24,000 Infantry; 9,000 Cavalry.
Carthaginian Forces: ~ 45,000 Infantry; 3,000 Cavalry.

Additional Reading and Episode Research:

  • Fuller, J.F.C. A Military History of the Western World.
  • Morris, William. Hannibal: Soldier, Statesman, Patriot.
  • Liddel Hart, Basil. Greater Than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus.
  • Selincourt Translation: Livy. The War with Hannibal.
  • Paton Translation: Polybius. The Histories. 

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