"Lost Battles Zama 202 BC" Topic

Hannibal sent his elephants forward to tackle the legions of Rome, followed closely by Balearic and Libyan skirmishers the hardened Legionaries and Velites were not too troubled by this. Hannibal's left was flanked with a now diminished complement of Numidian horse opposed by Rome's Numidian ally Masinissa with his cavalry and infantry, the Numidians began their customary indecisive skirmishing. Scipio's heavy cavalry charged head to head off the Punic horse and the effort and zeal of the Roman horse caused the Punic riders to break with little fight offered in return.

As the Velites fell back the brunt of the elephant charge was borne by the Legionaries. However Scipio's well drilled and well lead legionaries soon nullified the threat and prepared to deal with Hannibal's line of Celitic mercenaries. The victorious Roman horse breaking off their pursuit headed towards the rear of the Punic right.

Eventually the Numdian King with his edge in leadership and numbers broke through the Punic allied Numidians and commenced pursuit. Soon after the threat of the Roman horse and the advancing legions sent the Celts in the centre and right of the field in a wild panic, the rapid collapse and threat of enemy cavalry caused the Carthaginian and Libyan levy to panic with them. The chaos and the Roman cavalry's thunderous charge was too much even for the Bruttians who marched off the field in good order even some of Hannibal's veterans were hit hard by the Romans.

The destruction of Hannibal's right wing was a crushing blow and he saw no other option but to order his loyal veterans of the Italian campaign to begin the arduous task of retreating to Carthage doubtlessly to be harried all the way.

The destruction of Hannibal's right wing was a crushing blow and he saw no other option but to order his loyal veterans of the Italian campaign to begin the arduous task of retreating to Carthage doubtlessly to be harried all the way.

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Great stuff !

Phil

Nice looking fight.

A small group (4) of us played a Commands and Colors Battle of Zama battle last week. I was on the Roman side and in the first turn, one of Hannibal's elephant units squashed Scipio – no Africanus for you! That was the start of a disaster for the Romans.

Jim

Epic! A classic match. Beautiful figures and terrain. In your search for rules I would recommend "To the Strongest." It is interactive and plays fast and clean. Roma temper Vinci!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing

beautifully done.

Thank you everyone!

Ouch losing Scipio in the elephant charge must have hurt :-D

I have an Ebook copy of TtS! Must give it a go at some point, I like the concepts (grids victory medal idea!) behind it and I have some mini card decks with the face cards removed, need a good shuffle though :-)

That looks great Tone. Nice to see loads of your minis, all laid out together like that, they make a grand spectacle.

Very nice, Tone! Drop me a line if you decide to try TtS!, I have a Trebbia scenario that might suit.

Great looking game, with some very nice figures.