Battle of Zama
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: African History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Carthage, Tunisia
- Date: 202
Article abstract: The Battle of Zama was a pivotal engagement between Roman and Carthaginian armies in the Second Punic War.
Summary of Event
After Hannibal had finally been trapped in southern Italy by the “Fabian tactics” of Rome, the tide of the Second Punic War turned against him. The victories of Scipio Africanus in Spain from 208 to 206 b.c.e. and the frustration of the efforts of Hasdrubal Barca, Hannibal’s younger brother, to reinforce Hannibal in 207 b.c.e., prepared the way for an invasion of Africa by Scipio in 204 b.c.e. It was then...
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