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Zama

noun
1.
The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.  Synonym: battle of Zama.






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"Zama" Quotes from Famous Books



... obtaining leave to carry out his plan, he was sent thither, and so alarmed Carthage, that Hannibal was recalled to defend his own country, where he had not been since he was a child. A great battle took place at Zama between him and Hannibal, in which Scipio was the conqueror, and the loss of Carthage was so terrible that the Romans were ready to have marched in on her and made her their subject, but Scipio persuaded them to be forbearing. ...
— Young Folks' History of Rome • Charlotte Mary Yonge



Words linked to "Zama" :   Republic of Tunisia, Tunisia, Punic War, pitched battle, battle of Zama



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