Near the end of this battle, the loser's second infantry line refused to allow the first infantry line to retreat, and both were surrounded by advancing enemy hastati, or spear men.
Near the end of this battle, the loser's second infantry line refused to allow the first infantry line to retreat, and both were surrounded by advancing enemy hastati, or spear men. Syphax's fleeing cavalry was routed by Massinissa's cavalry, who then returned to surround the enemy infantry. This Roman victory came one year after the Battle of the Great Plains, and the winning strategy involved the withdrawal of mobile troops while sounding trumpets, scattering the loser's war elephants. Name this 202 BCE battle in which Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War.
Near the end of this battle, the loser's second infantry line refused to allow the first infantry line to retreat, and both were surrounded by advancing enemy hastati, or spear men.
Battle of Zama