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Elephants and the battle at Zama
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03-14-2008, 11:35 PM
That's a reasonable guess, Timotheus, but I guess I'd have to check out the Polybius anecdote to see. IIRC, he was expecting his something like 80 elephants to smash the Roman lines and cause panic. So he didn't hang back too far.

Anybody else have a better memory than I on this?
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Re: Elephants and the battle at Zama - by M. Demetrius - 03-14-2008, 11:35 PM

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