Ancient Armies YouTube video on Zama

[Hanny]

 

An important point is when was Alimentus freed from Carthaginian slavery? Before the peace terms were signed or after. Appian mentions many Roman prisoners being freed before the battle of Utica. If so could Alimentus had accompanied Scipio in Africa or elected to get on the first ship for home?

 

Frier, Bruce W. (1999). Libri Annales Pontificum Maximorum: The Origins of the Annalistic Tradition. University of Michigan Press.

He Argues (he was freed along with others captured with Alimentus in Bruttium, and none of them are refered to till after the wars end) after Zama and the peace treaty resulting from it, and wrote his book shortly therafter, so he was writting for an audeience that had first hand knowledge of Zama as a historical event, 000s of them having or had relatives take part in it.

Expensive book but this has some of it, inc Livy who also says post zama.
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0022409/00001

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Hitler won the leadership of the Nazi Party by one vote.

Carrots help you see in the dark.

Japanese troops were experienced jungle fighters

Hitler held back the development of the Me 262

Most Americans volunteered in WW2

The majority of Japanese civilians died from the two atomic bombs.

The atomic bombs convince Japan to surrender.

The Polish cavalry charged German tanks

General Yamashita hid millions in gold somewhere in Manila

The saying “the whole nine yards” meant the measure of a machine gun’s ammunition.

Hitler let the British escape at Dunkirk

Germany invaded Russia because Russia was going to invade Germany.

1.Hitler won the leadership of the Nazi Party by one vote.
2.Carrots help you see in the dark.
3.Japanese troops were experienced jungle fighters
4.Hitler held back the development of the Me 262
5.Most Americans volunteered in WW2
6.The majority of Japanese civilians died from the two atomic bombs.
7.The atomic bombs convince Japan to surrender.
8.The Polish cavalry charged German tanks
9.General Yamashita hid millions in gold somewhere in Manila
10.The saying “the whole nine yards” meant the measure of a machine gun’s ammunition.
11.Hitler let the British escape at Dunkirk
12.Germany invaded Russia because Russia was going to invade Germany.

It would not be the first time in history that fiction becomes fact. The Second World War has such examples.

1.is fiction and has always been known as fiction, there was 1 vote against him.
2 is fiction and remains fiction, as everyone knows, and every one into history knows it was UK propoganda to cover RAF night interception sucess through technology.
3 is fiction and remains fiction, they no more experience in jungle fighting than those they thrashed in the Jungle. IJA never claimed they wwere expeienced jungle fighters.
4, Is fiction, as AH pushed develpment forward, but as a FB not a Ftr.
5 Is fiction then and is fiction now, USA never claimed otherwise.
6. Is fiction as war time casulaty estimates make clear, US has never claimed majority of Japanese civilians died from the two atomic bombs.
8. Fact they did, on Day one of the war at Krojanty Polish cav overun a Inb Bttn and was counter attacked by Leichter Panzerspähwagen who were designed to repalce Panzer Is, and cut them to pieces.
9. Fiction then and fiction new.
10,Fact then and a fact now, it was the standard length of 303 rnds in WW2.
11. AH says he did let the UK escape in his last testament, if AH did not not know what AH did and why, then who does?.
12. SU Revisionsit made this claim 40 years after the event, its not widely accepted anywhere as fact.

Your examples of fiction becoming fact look rather slim. Now exactly which WW" battles never actually heppened then?.