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Battle of Zama Part of the Second Punic War Date 202 BC Location Zama, North Africa (near modern Siliana, Tunisia) 36°17′56″N 9°26′57″E / 36.29889°N 9.44917°E / 36.29889; 9.44917 Result Roman victory Belligerents Rome Carthage Commanders and leaders Publius Cornelius Scipio Hannibal Strength c. 30,000 c. 24,000 infantry c. 6,000 cavalry 40,000 or 50,000 36,000 or 46,000 ...
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 the besieged ...
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The siege of Zama, part of the Jugurthine War, was an investment of the Numidian town of Zama by a Roman army. The Romans were commanded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus , one of the consuls of 109 BC, while the Numidians were under the overall command of Jugurtha , the king of Numidia.
[4] [5] 500 camels for a three minute scene and 100 seaworthy galleys were used. [3] The film cost around twenty times more than the average Italian film of the time. [6] The scene depicting the Battle of Zama used 12,000 soldiers and 1,000 Libyan horsemen. [3] Sixteen soldiers were injured during the filming of the battle. [7]
The decisive battle of Zama followed in October 202 BC. [ 245 ] [ 246 ] Unlike most battles of the Second Punic War, the Romans had superiority in cavalry and the Carthaginians in infantry. [ 244 ] Hannibal attempted to use 80 elephants to break into the Roman infantry formation, but the Romans countered them effectively and they routed back ...
Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years, but a Roman counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama. Conquests of Hannibal Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps; Battle of the Trebia; Battle of Lake Trasimene; Battle of Cannae
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