Scipio’s Perfect Battle: How Rome Broke Carthage at Zama (202 BC)

Описание: On October nineteenth, two hundred and two BC, according to the Greek historian Polybius who interviewed veterans from both sides, thirty-five thousand Romans faced forty thousand Carthaginians led by Hannibal Barca, the general who had never lost a major field battle in sixteen years of ravaging Italy. By sunset, twenty thousand Carthaginians lay dead and Hannibal had fled for his life. Think about those numbers. The man who had slaughtered seventy thousand Romans at Cannae using encirclement tactics watched those same tactics destroy his own army. Multiple ancient sources confirm this reversal happened at a single location in North Africa, ending the most devastating war the ancient world had witnessed.

By the end of this video, you'll understand how documented historical sources reveal the tactical masterpiece that transformed Rome from regional power to Mediterranean superpower. I'm about to reveal three verified facts that will change how you see ancient warfare. First, the tactical innovation Polybius describes that neutralized eighty war elephants in minutes. Second, why Hannibal's own veterans, chronicled as wearing captured Roman armor, became his greatest weakness. Third, the pre-battle meeting recorded by both Polybius and Livy where two of history's greatest generals debated the future of civilization.


SOURCES LINK:

Encyclopaedia Britannica – Battle of Zama
https://www.britannica.com/event/Batt...
World History Encyclopedia – Battle of Zama
https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_o...
Perseus – Polybius and Livy
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu
Met Museum – Roman Republic warfare
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah