This battle ended a brief armistice formed after the Battle of the Great Plains, and the loser attempted to prevent the winner from repeating his strategy of targeting the center, which he had done at Illipa.
This battle ended a brief armistice formed after the Battle of the Great Plains, and the loser attempted to prevent the winner from repeating his strategy of targeting the center, which he had done at Illipa. It was fought after the losing side rejected a generous peace treaty that would only have allowed for a slight expansion of Numidia. This battle's losing commander had been recently recalled home, having been abroad fighting the (*) Fabian strategy and winning the Battle of Cannae. At the beginning of it, the winning commander ordered his cavalry to blow loud horns to confuse the enemy's war animals. In this battle, Scipio Africanus' forces killed over 20,000 of Hannibal's men. For 10 points, name this battle that ended the Second Punic War.
This battle ended a brief armistice formed after the Battle of the Great Plains, and the loser attempted to prevent the winner from repeating his strategy of targeting the center, which he had done at Illipa.
Battle of Zama