03-13-2008, 01:15 PM
Perhaps I have missed something, but when I read accounts of Zama I always read that Scipio was really smart by opening pathways in his ranks for Hannibal's elephants to pass through, thereby avoiding losing men and formation to the beasts. Sounds sensible but.....
Were the elephants on rails so they could not alter direction and turn into the maniples and clobber them? What happened to the elephants? Did they keep going until they reached the sea!
As I said, I may have missed something, but I have yet to read an explanation of what actually happened tactically. So, thinks I, the boys at RAT will have the answer.
I await with bated breath!
Quintus
(aka Guido Aston)
Were the elephants on rails so they could not alter direction and turn into the maniples and clobber them? What happened to the elephants? Did they keep going until they reached the sea!
As I said, I may have missed something, but I have yet to read an explanation of what actually happened tactically. So, thinks I, the boys at RAT will have the answer.
I await with bated breath!
Quintus
(aka Guido Aston)
Quintus
AKA Guido Aston
[size=100:2nyk19du]The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. [/size]
Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
AKA Guido Aston
[size=100:2nyk19du]The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. [/size]
Thucydides (471 BC - 400 BC)
