Battle of Zama facts for kids
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Zama was a battle in Carthage around 19 October 202 BC. There were elephants as well as ground infantry. Scipio Africanus won. Hannibal lost. It was the last battle in the Second Punic War.
Images for kids
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Roman and Carthaginian troop deployment.
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Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama (Charlotte Mary Yonge), 1880.
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The Battle of Zama by Henri-Paul Motte, 1890.
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The Battle of Zama by Cornelis Cort, 1567.
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Hannibal begins the battle with his war elephants charging at Roman front. Scipio orders his cavalry to blow loud horns to terrify the charging beasts. The panicked elephants turn on the Carthaginian left wing and rampage through it.
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Carthaginian cavalry routed off the field. Scipio attacks Hannibal's first and second lines of infantry and routs both.
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Scipio and Hannibal rearrange their troops into a single line and the battle remains a stalemate until the Roman cavalry returns and attacks Hannibal's infantry from the rear.
See also
In Spanish: Batalla de Zama para niños
