Battle of Zama, October 19, 202 BC

It could only have been a logistical necessity that made Hannibal march after Scipio to the Battle of Zama, for apparently it would be more logical for him to lead his army toward the city of Carthage and to come between Scipio's army and she. Scipio's forces, though somewhat smaller than those of Hannibal, had two great advantages over the opposing army: the majority of the force consisted of disciplined Roman legionaries, and with the arrival of the Numidian Massinissa Scipio had superiority in cavalry. In Technique we will simulate, that better advised, Hannibal would have predicted the evolution of the training of the Roman army and in one of the decisive actions of his plan would not have wasted his elephants against the legionaries but instead employed them against the horses, still susceptible to the instinct to the fear of these. The Carthaginians will employ the reinforced oblique Jomini battle order on the attacking flank (as, although superior in quantity they were inferior in quality).