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19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-10-18 21:05:31
Description: The Second Punic War is famed for the Carthaginian commander Hannibal leading his troops and elephants over the Alps to face the Roman armies. After seventeen years, the 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. Scipio proposed an invasion of the Carthaginian Empire itself, and gradually built a force of volunteers to mount the offensive. These Roman forces secured victories at the battles of both Utica and the Great Plains in 203 BCE, resulting in an armistice between the two sides ...
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