Hannibal Burial Essay

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Carthage suffered a great defeat during the Battle of Metaurus which became the turning point of the war. Hasdrubal tried to risk taking the same route as his brother through the alps. His goal was to join forces and take all of Italy together. Disaster struck when he was attacked by some a roman army waiting for him. Hasdrubal and his forces were slaughtered. Hannibal was distracted by another Roman army who was giving him trouble, so he had not heard of his brother’s demise. The news finally came when his brother’s severed head was thrown into Hannibal’s camp. “Hannibal saw that the death of his brother was the doom of Carthage; and he sadly exclaimed,”O Carthage, I see thy fate!””(Add Source Here) This great victory put the reigns of the …show more content…

The two generals met before the battle to talk over peace agreements, but neither side settled for peace. The battle that took place is called the Battle of Zama. The Roman army was set up in columns with weak forces in between them. They also had cavalry on the sides. Hannibal’s army had three rows of soldiers. The mercenaries in front, the new recruits in the middle, and the experienced soldiers in the back. They also had war elephants leading them and cavalry on the sides. At the beginning of the battle, the elephants began their charge, but the left half made and unwanted U-turn and crashed into Hannibal’s left cavalry. Scipio took advantage of the situation and quickly sent his cavalry to destroy Hannibal’s cavalry during the chaos. The Carthaginian cavalry retreated with Rome’s cavalry in hot pursuit. The other elephants went between the columns of Roman forces and were quickly eliminated. For the rest of the battle the Romans slowly pushed back Hannibal’s mercenaries and recruits until they came face to face with the experienced soldiers. They did not give an inch of ground to the weary Romans. The battle stayed like this until out of nowhere the Roman cavalry, done with their pursuit, attacked the Carthaginians from behind. This unexpected move quickly won Scipio the battle. Hannibal retreated to Carthage and requested that the government ask for peace terms. Rome had finally won the long and bloody

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