BATTLE OF ZAMA THE BATTLE ZAMA HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO MEET CROSSING THE ALPS 218 BC CARTHAGINIAN ARMY ADVANCED THE ITALIAN PENINSULA ROMAN FORCE SENT HANNIBAL NEITHER THE ROMANS MILITARY DOMINANCE THE YEARS WORE TICINUS LAKE TRASIMENUS CANNAE FADE 208 BC CARTHAGE FINALLY URGENT TROOPS FINISH CAMPAIGN BROTHER CROSSED JOIN STANDING ARMY CARTHAGINIAN HOPES OVERALL VICTORY SUFFERED MAJOR SETBACK ARMY ROUTE METAURUS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS SOUTHERN HISPANIA 204 BC LANDING THE COMMAND PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO THE AFRICAN COASTLINE OUTSIDE CAPITAL IN RESPONSE THE IMMEDIATE RECALL FACING LOGISTICAL HAD TO FIND SEAPORT INTERCEPT TRANSPORT FLEET UNDETECTED THE ROMAN NAVY ARRIVE PORT ITSELF INCREDIBLE FEAT HOME ARMY SCIPIO CIRTA 203 BC REPORTS REACH ESCAPE THUS REST REFIT LEGIONS THE INEVITABLE SHOWDOWN MASSINISSA REPLACE SYPHAX ALLIANCE SOON AFRICA VETERAN GATHERING UPCOMING CONFRONTATION IN THE SUMMER 202 BC FIFTY MILES SOUTH WEST COMMANDERS ROMAN ARMY NUMBERING INFANTRY STRONG COMPRISING WAR ELEPHANTS DREW LINES DEEP CONSISTING OF THE FIRST LINE MADE UP FRESH THE SECOND LINE MIXTURE TRAINED VETERANS LAST STOOD LEGIONNAIRES PUNIC WARS CROWNED KING NUMIDIAN CAVALRY POSITIONS RIGHT WING ROMAN CAVALRY THE FRONT STRETCHING ENTIRE LENGTH FRONT FORMING THE REMAINDER SIMILAR FIRST LINE REAR LEFT WING LOYAL CAVALRY ARMIES EQUAL THE ADVANTAGE QUALITY THEREFORE THOUGHT IMPERATIVE STRIKE OPEN FORWARD THE OPEN THE GROUND SHAKE THE WEIGHT THE ELEPHANTS THE RECRUITS GROW TERRIFIED THE SIGHT ELEPHANTS THE COMING ONSLAUGHT TRUMPETERS ONE HUNDRED YARDS BLOW HORNS UNISON DEAFENING NOISE CONFUSED CHARGE QUICKLY BREAK UP DEAD TRACKS ADVANCE FOOT TURNED FLED ALL DIRECTIONS CARRY CRASHED TEARING HUGE GAPS HUNDREDS TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT IMPALED TWELVE PATH JAVELINS SLASHED SWORDS ATTEMPT DOWN BEHEMOTHS THE DAMAGE TO THE ROMANS SLAM BUY KEEP BUSY GAVE THE ORDER WINGS THE ENEMY MATCH FELLOW COUNTRY NO BETTER SUPERIOR HORSEMANSHIP AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT ENEMY FAILED TURN IN EXPOSED ATTACK THIS WAS MISTAKE THE BREAK TOTAL DISBELIEF CHASE ALREADY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TURN FOLLOW FRONT LINE SUFFERING THE ATTACK THE WAR REACHED CUT SECOND LINE MERCENARIES GIVE SUBORDINATE ORDER SUPPORT LEAVING FIGHT ON FIGHT TELL THE MERCENARY DISSOLVED CONTINUE ONWARD GALLANT FORCED CENTRAL LAST BATTLE PANIC NO DOUBT THE BEST IN THE WORLD ENGAGE EXHAUSTED THE GAP WIDE ENOUGH LAUNCH THE EXPOSED SUDDENLY RETURNED TO THE BATTLEFIELD CAUGHT BY SURPRISE CASUALTIES ARROWS STRUCK DOWN FOOT SOLDIERS CRITICAL MOMENT PUSHED ASIDE FORMATION CLEAR VIEW DROPPING DECIMATED HEART WEAPONS THEIR LIVES VALIANT CAPTURE RETURN RALLY RAISE NEW ARMY FELL DEAF EARS BLED NO MORE RESOURCES TAKEN PRISONER COMPARISON ROME VAST WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN POSSESSED THE KEYS ATTEMPTS KINGDOMS ASIA CAUGHT UP 183 BC HIMSELF SURRENDER THE GREAT GENERAL SUICIDE RATHER THE ROMAN EMPIRE BATTLES LITERARY WORK