• The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC in what is now Tunisia between a Roman army commanded by Scipio Africanus and a Carthaginian army commanded by...
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    of North Africa, led by the Roman general Scipio Africanus, forced him to return to Carthage. Hannibal was eventually defeated at the Battle of Zama,...
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    Scipio Africanus (category Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid)
    commanders and strategists of all time, his greatest military achievement was the defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. This victory in...
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    Zama, also known as Xama, is in what is now Tunisia and is best known for its connection with what is called the Battle of Zama in which on 19 October...
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    Romans fought for 14 more years until they achieved victory at the Battle of Zama. The battle was seen as a major Roman disaster. In modern times, Cannae has...
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  • Zama, a United States Army base in Kanagawa, Japan Tulum or Zamá, Mexico Zama (Tunisia) Zama (Turkey) Zama, Mississippi, United States Battle of Zama...
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    The Battle of Zama or siege of Zama pitted the Roman legions under the command of Quintus Caecilius Metellus against Jugurtha's Numidian forces before...
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    successful Roman invasion of the Carthaginian homeland in Africa in 204 BC led to Hannibal's recall. He was defeated in the battle of Zama in 202 BC and Carthage...
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  • recognition from Roman historian Livy as the site of the Second Punic War’s final battle, called Battle of Zama. The Romans, led by Scipio Africanus the Elder...
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    War elephant (redirect from Elephant battle)
    leading to Hannibal's defeat at his final battle of Zama in 202 BC; his elephant charge, unlike the one at the battle of Tunis, was ineffective because the disciplined...
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  • about Scipio Africanus from the time of his election as proconsul until his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama. The film received financial backing...
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    the peninsula in the Battle of Ilipa. The final showdown was the Battle of Zama, which took place in the Carthaginian heartland of Tunisia. After trouncing...
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  • Roman war elephants (category Types of cavalry unit in the army of ancient Rome)
    leading to Hannibal's defeat at his final battle of Zama in 202 BC; his elephant charge, unlike the one at the battle of Tunis, was ineffective because the disciplined...
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    Roman Republic (redirect from Rise of Rome)
    Carthage at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, becoming the dominant power of the ancient Mediterranean world. It then embarked on a long series of difficult conquests...
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    Mago's recalled veterans. This was also defeated by Scipio, at the battle of Zama. Carthage sued for peace and accepted a humiliating treaty, ending the...
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    Kingdom of Numidia. As a Roman ally, Masinissa took part in the decisive Battle of Zama in 202 BC that effectively ended the war in Carthage's defeat; he also...
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  • against war elephants as proven in the battle of Zama. In the late 2nd century BC, the verutum was taken out of service along with the veles, but the javelin...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    Hanno II the Great (category Carthaginian commanders of the First Punic War)
    Hamilcar's son Hannibal after his victory at the Battle of Cannae. After Carthage's defeat at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, he was among the ambassadors to...
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    equivalents, is used as a motto or battle cry. Scipio Africanus used the phrase Victory or death in a speech before the battle of Zama. A boxer Agathos Daimon died...
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    than 80 percent of the entire Roman army was dead or captured (including Paullus himself). Battle of Zama (202 BC). A Roman army of 34,000 under Scipio...
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    the Internet Archive. Carey, Brian Todd (2007). Hannibal's Last Battle: Zama & the Fall of Carthage. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-635-1...
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    Africa, but with few cavalry. The decisive battle of Zama followed in October 202 BC. Unlike most battles of the Second Punic War, the Romans had superiority...
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    Battle of Zama in October 202 BC where Hannibal was decisively defeated. As a consequence Carthage agreed a peace treaty which stripped it of most of...
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  • October 19 – The Battle of Zama (130 kilometers south-west of Carthage) ends the Second Punic War and largely destroys the power of Carthage. Roman and...
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    Velites (category Military units and formations of the Roman Republic)
    elephants and chariots if they were present on the field, such as in the Battle of Zama, in 202 BC. Their high mobility and ranged weaponry made them much more...
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  • West, i.e. the Silk Road. 202 BC: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama. 200 BC: El Mirador, largest early Maya city, flourishes. 200 BC: Paper...
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    surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. Distinctive features of elephants include...
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    adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, the man who had won the Second Punic War for Rome by defeating Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, 160 kilometres (100 mi)...
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    Cinecittà (category Cinema of Rome)
    brought in as a part of the re-enactment of the Battle of Zama. The studios were bombed by the Western Allies during the bombing of Rome in World War II...
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