The battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world's two greatest western powers of the time--Carthage and Rome. The engagement ended the Second Punic War, waged from 218 until 201 BC. The armies were led by two of the most famous commanders of all time--the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal, renowned for crossing the Alps with his army into Italy, and the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio, who along with his father was among the defeated at the battle of Cannae in 216 BC.

Includes maps of: Carthaginian Campaigns int eh Mediterranean, 218-203 BC.;The Approach to Zama, 204-202 BC.; Polybian Legion and Plebeian Maniple in teh Second Punic War;The Roman Legion in Open Order; The Frontages of the Opposing Sides at Zama; The Opening Phase of the Battle: Daybreak, 19 October; The Citizens and Liby-Phoenicians Attack: Mid-Morning;Hannibal's Veterans and the Return of the Cavalry: Early Afternoon; Rome's Rise and the Decline of Carthage, 202-146 BC.

Origins Of The Campaign -- The First Punic War -- The Truceless (or Libyan) War -- The Second Punic War -- Chronology -- Opposing Commanders -- Carthaginian -- Roman -- Opposing Plans -- The invasion of North Africa -- The burning of the camp, and the Great Plains, 203 BC -- The return of Hannibal, 203 BC -- Opposing Forces -- The Roman army at Zama -- The Carthaginian army at Zama -- Order of battle at Zama -- The Battle Of Zama -- The location -- The meeting of Scipio and Hannibal -- The battle begins -- The infantry clash -- The climax of the battle.