The battle of Zama Hannibal and Scipio's final showdown (Rome vs Carthage History)

The battle of Zama Hannibal and Scipio's final showdown
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[pandabear]

"Ungrateful country. You shall not even posses my bones." That makes me so sad.

[avalle]

This is the only time in history that 2 military masterminds clash. (Both man are easily in the top 5 of greatest generals)
I love the parallels between Hannibal and Scipio and how the second punic war basically became a struggle between houses of Barca and Scipio. Both families where noble, rich and produce really great military comanders that reach it pinnacle with this 2 geniuses.

Both families suffer deaths in the war: Hannibal Broders (Hasdrubal and Mago) for the Barcas and Scipio father(Publius) and uncle (Cneus) for the Scipio.
Both Hannibal and Scipio start their military careers at Spain. Both men fought under their fathers command.
Both men where hated by their senates and at the end where betray by them.
And both men die in the same year !!!


They where 2 sides of the same coin and will forever live in history as legends.

[kasifhanif]

The carthaginian elite were afraid that Hannable would stage a coup and with the people behind him he would be successful. The Carthaginian elites feared his revenge as when he asked for more men they refused not only him but also his father during the first war. like the 20, 000 men who went to Spain in 215 bc instead of Italy. Carthage had men in reserve such as the men who fought in Spain or at the battle of Utica or at the battle of the great plains or the citizens who fought at Zama or they could have raised them and given to Hannable but didnt they didnt even supply money or food. Thus they knew a strong and angry Hannable could stage a coup or a massacure of the men who had stabbed him in the back.

The same with Scipio. The senate feared his growing power and the love he got from the people. Not only did Scipio win in Spain then Africa. He also won at Magnesia. The senate tried to insult Scipio Africanus as they sent him as an advisor to his brother. But his brother let Scipio Africanus have the command for the Battle of Magnesia and he won and brought the mighty Antiochus the great to kneel who's empire was many times larger than the lands Rome had under there control.

So both men were a victim of there own success.

[chris_]

What a story! I realized that typical politicians have been the villain even back then. I never knew that Hannibal also made it to be a great governor. Wow!

[DanishCamp]

This was probably one of the most skilled battles. It was incredibly hard back then to change formations during battle. Usually you were comitted to your tactic before the fights, so it is incredible to see the discipline and the ability to get the orders in place during combat.

[tauceti]

Seriously this was so good the ending gave me mad chills. Especially with the quote at the end.

[TruthIsToBlame]

That ending quote by Scipio Amellianus is so heavy

[ooopppp]

two great generals betrayed by their OWN countries

[esmandagamer]

Ungreatful country shall not poses my bones #thuglife

[TaxPayingContributor]

Fine effort, all! History is still being written... but, thanks to these videos, it is being revisited and preserved for history. Gratitude

[everfree]

Hannibal and Scipio had what neither Carthage nor Rome could ever possess, honor and respect.

[jamesdeek]

The amount of respect I have for these ancient generals.
Can you imagine the skill it takes to maneuver so many men, to analyze your opponents movements and make quick decisions.

[hamidious]

So Hannibal had 2 bets of winning this battle. The first one was that the Elephants would wreck havock and give him a quick advantage.
The second one was that the Carthagian Cavalry would lure enemy cavalry for enough time to win melee with his veterans.

Hannibal was brilliant even in defeat.

[ximen]

''It looked like it was gonna be a stalemate until... Ohh my God it's the cavalry''

[angeloanderson]

Amazing quality both visually and in story telling! I already loved learning about Roman history with Hannibal and Scipio, but never heard about their tragically poetic endings. Truly fantastic work that would entertain anyone to learning history.

[avalle]

This battle is a clash of titans. All of you are heavily underestimating Scipio.

1.- Scipio conquest Hispain and Africa. He won at legendary battles like Ilpa, Bacuola, Cartago Nova and Zama. He defeated elephants, numidians, and hoplites. This man was a genius, telling that he won thanks to "luck" is ridiculous.

2.- Hannibal has not only a greather army but a better one...
His veterans where a killing machine created by one of history greatest Generals to crush roman armies.

[renewoffles]

I can only imagine the badass speech scipio have to those soldiers in exile

[ひろゆき二十一]

Best Battle of Zama summary in youtube for me and puts a lot more context to what had truly aspired aside from the tactical aspect of the battle

[Daniel-dupv]

Well, but Rome city never got destroyed, that’s why it received the name “eternal city”. It’s pretty fascinating to walk in Rome and see dozens of monuments, kilometers of walls and hundreds of constructions built over 2.000 years ago. The majority of Aurelian wall still there!

[latter-daysaintbatman]

You see, Hannibal managed to convince the Gauls to side with him to destroy Rome and so Rome convinced one of Carthage's allies, the Numidians to side with them because Hannibal won't allow the Numidians to have their own country.