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Nameless city in Africa taken by Scipio
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Thanks for the recap there Steven, I was just about to look for it in the Zama thread. Right so, if Appian`s figures aren`t to be relied upon, what about Livy who gives higher figures for the night attacks - how does he arrive at: forty thousand killed, 5,000 prisoners and "...Carthaginian nobles of whom eleven were senators; 174 standards were captured, 2700 horses..."? Correct or not, these are rather official-looking stats which, as you point out above, include very particular numbers of elephants.
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RE: Nameless city in Africa taken by Scipio - by Michael Collins - 03-27-2019, 01:04 PM

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