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From History of the Hellenistic and Roman World
Zama: The Infantry Battle Revisited
by Steven James
This hypothesis is an attempt to look beyond the accepted or traditional Polybian(1) interpretation of the Battle of Zama in regard to the events of the Roman and Carthaginian heavy infantry. In doing so the evidence presented will hopefully demonstrate that Hannibal had lost none of his military genius. This article does not cover the cavalry or elephant battles but focuses solely on the heavy infantry.
