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Definition of Battle of Zama

1. Noun. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.

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Literary usage of Battle of Zama

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"The battle of Zama.—The details of the operations which ended in the battle of Zama are but imperfectly known. The decisive battle was fought on the river ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"THE battle of Zama DESCRIBED BY POLYBIUS Scipio drew up his army in battle in the following manner : He placed ..."

3. Roman Antiquities: Or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"... they had to contend with elephants, as at the battle of Zama, Polyb. xv. ... the battle of Zama) sufficient spaces between the columns of his main-body, ..."

4. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Peace refused : death of Fabius. § 23. Hannibal lauds iit I,ept is and advances to Zama: Scipio moves to the same point: Conference. § 24. battle of Zama. ..."

5. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"The same year (202 BC) the struggle closed with Hannibal's first and only defeat, at the battle of Zama? Carthage lay at the mercy of the victor, ..."

6. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1849)
"These events led to the decisive battle of Zama in 550. Here too, Hannibal, as is attested by Polybius, showed the qualities of a great general: he drew up ..."

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