04.1 The Battle of Zama 202 BC, Part 1

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

4.4 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Hannibal of Carthage v Scipio Africanus of Rome. In the third century BC the Roman faced its biggest challenge to date - The Punic Wars against the Phoenicians of Carthage. The two sides fought for decades. This podcast describes the build up to the Battle of Zama, the culmination of the Second Punic War.

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0:03.5	Bampa!
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0:09.9	Okay, enough Rasmataz!
0:12.8	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
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0:26.2	Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules, procedures and game-specific rules apply.
0:29.0	Place must be 18 or over. Today, the ruins of ancient Rome are still impressive.
0:50.7	From Hadrian's wall in Scotland to the Colosseum in Rome and the remains of Palmyra in Syria,
0:57.0	they are physical reminders of the greatest empire in the history of Europe.
1:01.5	Today I will talk about an important milestone in Rome's path to greatness,
1:07.2	the Battle of Zama, when they defeated probably their most dangerous enemy, Hannibal.
1:13.5	Welcome to A History of Europe, Key Battles, the Battle of Zama, 2.2 BC, part one of two.
1:24.0	In the last two podcasts, we looked at the battles of Marathon and of Galgamela, both between Greeks and Persians, and we saw Alexander the Great conquer the Persian Empire.
1:36.8	His early death in 323 BC marks the beginning of the Hellenistic Age, a period when Greeks held the ascendancy in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.
1:49.0	Today, I will take a look to Central and Western Mediterranean, where another conflict developed between the two main regional powers there.
1:57.5	One of these was based in the city of Rome, the other in the city of Carthage, situated directly opposite on the African coast in modern-day Tunisia.
2:07.6	Their conflict is nowadays, given the name of the Punic Wars, named after the Roman word for the Phoenicians.
2:14.9	They lasted from 264 BC to 146 BC and are divided into three periods,
2:21.3	the first, second and third, Punic Wars. I will focus on the conclusion of the second Punic
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