In the search for ever more impressive and lethal weapons to shock the enemy and bring total victory the armies of ancient Greece, Carthage, and even sometimes Rome turned to the elephant. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/876/elephants-in-greek--roman-warfare/ #History #AgathoclesofSyracuse #AttalidDynasty #BattleofZama

The Battle of Zama (202 BCE) was the final engagement of the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE) at which Hannibal Barca of Carthage (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/292/the-battle-of-zama---the-beginning-of-roman-conque/ #History #BattleofCannae #BattleofZama #Berbers

In the search for ever more impressive and lethal weapons to shock the enemy and bring total victory the armies of ancient Greece, Carthage, and even sometimes Rome turned to the elephant. Huge, exotic, and frightening the life out of an unprepared enemy they seemed the perfect weapon in an age where developments in warfare were very limited. Unfortunately, impressive though they must have seem...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/876/elephants-in-greek--roman-warfare/ #AgathoclesofSyracuse #AttalidDynasty #BattleofZama #History