On or around Oct. 19, 202 B.C., according to historians, (though some place the date in September), the Roman Gen. Scipio Africanus crushed the forces of Hannibal Barca of Carthage at the Battle of Zama. The defeat forced the Carthaginians to cede victory in the war to Rome.
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
Anniversary of the downfall of Hannibal
PUNIC WATCH: This week in history: Scipio defeats Hannibal at Zama (Cody K. Carlson, The Deseret News).
