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What is king Cyrus so famous for?
king cyrus is famous for allowing hebrews back into jerusalem
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.
What happend in second punic war?
During the second punic war Hannibal invaded Italy from Spain whilst Rome invaded Spain from Italy. Hannibal proved himself to be the superior general in battles against the Romans, especially at the battle of Cannae (216BC) when he decisively defeated a major Roman army using strategic tactics. Romans then employed fabian tactics against Hannibal so he stayed mainly in the South of Rome where loyalty to Rome was not as strong and he had a better chance of garnering support. The Carthaginians held their position in Spain until P. Cornelius Scipio took a Roman army over there and captured New Carthage. Hannibal's brother then abandoned Spain to help Hannibal but was unsuccessful. So Hannibal basically just trashed the south of Italy until 202BC. In 205BC Scipio was elected consul and led a campaign in North Africa against the Carthaginians in 204BC. The Carthaginians sued for peace in 203BC but when Hannibal returned in 202BC he convinced them to break their peace agreements. Hannibal and Scipio faced each other in the battle of Zama and Hannibal was defeated. Scipio earned the nickname 'Africanus' for winning this battle.
Why is Adrian Peterson so famous?
He is pro-bowler running-back and he can run the football well.
How did Australopithecus africanus talk?
i don't think that they really talked in the beginning, so maybe then, they made grunting noises or yelled until they developed a language
Does souljaboy twitter back to people?
Well some famous people do reply/twitter back. So some might, and some wont.
Why did Scipio invade North Africa in the Second Punic War?
To threaten Carthage and so force Hannibal to return with his army from Italy threatening Rome.
How many cantatas did Mozart write?
Mozart wrote 600 canatas 60 when he was ten so he was very famous back when he was a boy but never as famous as he is now.
Are there any famous people in the Boston tea party?
least likely that their would be anyone famous back then but if so not really unless they wanted to stand for the people
Why was belle Starr famous?
Belle Starr was famous for all the things that she did in life such as robery, murder and jail. This wasn't very common for women back then so she was famous because it was uncommon. People also liked to make up stories about her for fun when times were hard back then.
In the book The Thief Lord why did Scipio wear his mask?
to hide his identy so nobody finds out he is 13
Is kaka a Muslim?
back ground of q mobiles company______________________________________________________Is Kaka a so famous name to be known if it is a Muslim name or not?
