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Was Hannibal defeated at Zama?
Unlike the previous battles of the second Punic War, where the Carthaginian cavalry greatly outnumbered the Roman cavalry (it made up 2/3 of Carthaginian army while the Roman cavalry accounted for only 1/3) at Zama the Roman cavalry was larger (6,000 versus 4,000). Scipio Africanus (the Roman commander) had the support of the Numidian cavalry (from Algeria, next door to Carthage) which defected from the Carthaginians to the Romans. Scipio Africanus arranged gaps between the lines of its heavy infantry which acted as lanes through which the Carthaginian war elephants could pass without harming the Roman soldiers and had them hidden with the light infantry. Hannibal set his elephants and light infantry against the Romans. Scipio ordered his cavalry to blow horns to frighten the elephants. Some of them turned back towards the Carthaginian left wing and threw it into disarray. Scipio got his cavalry to attack this wing. The other elephants were directed towards the gaps and were taken to the rear of the Roman infantry, which then closed its ranks. The Carthaginian cavalry lured the Roman cavalry into chasing them to take them away from the battlefield so that they would not attack the Carthaginian rear. The Roman left wing attacked the Carthaginian right wing and Scipio marched the centre towards the Carthaginian one. Hannibal kept his third line (composed of veterans from the campaign in Italy) as reserve. The Romans first and second line had the better over their Carthaginian equivalents. There was a pause and both armies regrouped. Scipio, who was waiting for the return of his cavalry, delayed the resumption of the battle. When it resumed it was a stalemate. However, in the meantime the Roman cavalry had routed the Carthaginian one. Then it returned to the battle and attacked the rear of the Carthaginian infantry, which was encircled and slaughtered. 20,000 Carthaginians died and 20,000 were taken as prisoners. The Romans only lost 2,500 men.
How are Assyria and Carthaginian empires alike?
They were not - Assyria gained an empire by conquest, the Carthaginian empire was a trading one.
Name two generals who fought against one another in the punic wars?
The Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca and the Roman general Tiberius Sempronius Longus at the battle of Trebia .
What is a Carthage general?
One who commands a Carthaginian army.
Who was the Carthaginian commander?
The most famous one was Hannibal Barca.
What number does roman numeral MCI equal?
The Romans had a different numbering system that those that are currently used today. Letters represented different numbers so MCI equals one thousand one hundred and one.
Why are both the roman republic and the US today considered republics?
Just about everything was different between the two republics. About the only similarities were that the people voted and elected their officials and both forms of government were called "republic"' The terms of office were different, with the Romans only having one year in each office. The function of the officials was very different. The Roman senate was nothing like the U. S. senate. Roman senators were not elected by the people and technically could not pass a law. Executive power was shared by two men, the consuls, in Rome while in the U. S. the executive power is held by one person.
What is the ancient number system?
Roman numerals is one of them
Who was a Carthaginian general who defeated rome?
Hamilcar Barca was one of the famous generals. He led the Carthaginian army in the first Punic War till 241 BC. His son was also a famous general, as he led the Cartaginians aganst Rome in the second Punic War. He led his army through Spain and crossed the Alps (with his 70 elephants), he won a lot of victories over the Romans but failed to capture Rome itself. In the end , he was defeated at Zama (Africa, 202 BC).
What was one of the major disadvantage in the Roman system of education?
there stupid
Why doesn't the Roman numeral system is not a place value system?
The Romans did not use place value as they had no numeral for zero. In the Hindu/Arabic system, which most of the world uses, one followed by zero becomes ten and if an additional zero is added it become a hundred. In the Roman system of numerals 1 = I and 10 = X and 100 = C. So, as you can see there are no place values just different numerals for different values.
What is the difference between roman and Babylonian numerals?
One is roman the other is babylonian.
