On October 19
On October 19, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Battle of Zama ends the Second Punic War (202 BCE).
On this day
At Zama in North Africa the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio (later 'Africanus') decisively defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War and Carthage's status as a great power.
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