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

History's Greatest Battles

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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