08-17-2002, 03:54 PM
It would be heavy losses if we assume that he had 15,000 foot at Zama. But why is this the case? Appian states he had 23,000 foot and I am assuming this isn't including the 6000 Numundian infantry. We can also deduce that he must have had more than 15,000 foot at Zama because of his initial force, going with 15,000 and then the remainder catching up with him totaled around 25,000. As you point out, this would be around 35 % losses, a totally unacceptable perecentage for the nature of the preceding campaigns of Zama and especially for a general like Scipio. <p></p><i></i>
