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Battle of Zama

Military Conflict
The Battle of Zama by Henri-Paul Motte, 1890
Conflict	Battle of Zama
Date	October 19, 202 BC
Location	Zama, near Carthage
Result	Decisive Roman victory; Marks end of Second Punic War
Carthage
Roman Republic
Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
51,000: 45,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry 80 war elephants
40,000: 34,000 infantry 6,000 cavalry
20,000 killed 20,000 captured
5,500

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The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19, 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by the legendary commander Hannibal. Soon after this defeat on their home ground, the Carthaginian senate sued for peace, which was given to them by the Roman Republic on rather humiliating terms, ending the 17-year war.

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