19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

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19th October 2019

19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

After seventeen years, the Second Punic War was finally brought to an end with the decisive victory of the Roman general and consul Scipio Africanus over Hannibal at the Battle of Zama.

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# Carthage
#Cavalry
#Elephant
#Hannibal
#Mediterranean
#Roman Empire
#Rome
#Scipio
#Second Punic War

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