| LC control no. | sh 95002368 |
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| LC classification | DG247.97 |
| Topical heading | Zama, Battle of, Tunisia, 202 B.C. |
| Variant(s) | Zama (Extinct city), Battle of, 202 B.C. |
| See also | Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.--Campaigns--Tunisia |
| Found in | Work cat.: Nardo, D. The Battle of Zama, 1996 (Battle between Romans and Carthaginians in 202 B.C. Defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus Major broke the power of Carthage) Brit. Micro. (Zama, battle of: battle took place at a site identified by Livy as Naraggara; the name Zama was given to the site (which modern historians have never precisely identified) by the Roman historian Cornelius Nepos) Oxford classical dict., 1996 (Zama, battle of: Zama is the name given to the final battle of the Second Punic War, though it was not actually fought near any of the places so-called; Zama: Zama was the name of more than one locality in present-day Tunisia. It is best known as the alleged site of Hannibal's defeat, but Hannibal only camped at Zama before moving to another camp) Princeton encyc. classic. sites: p. 997 (Zama, Tunisia. Famous for the great battle that ended in Rome's victory over Carthage ... its site has not been precisely determined) |
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