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The last major battle of the Carthaginian leader, Hannibal took place in North Africa in 202 BC BCE. The battle was called the Battle of Zama and for various reasons, he lost to his Roman adversary Scipio. Apparently Carthage had made a truce with Scipio then broke it. Hannibal tried to restructure this "peace" but failed and thus came the Battle of Zama.

It was an important battle that would set the future course of Carthage. Scipio had approximately 34,000 infantry soldiers and almost 9,000 cavalry. This was composed mostly of Scipio's ally, the Namibians.

Hannibal's forces consisted of the famous Carthaginian war elephants, and approximately 50,000 infantry troops. He could not match the cavalry of Scipio and made due with about 2,000 cavalry.

It was a long and complex battle, and the Romans prevailed. The later agreed upon peace treaty was highly favorable to Rome, as was expected, as Carthage had no viable army to now face the Roman legions.

For Carthage it was a humiliating defeat.

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