Battle of Zama Regia/Zama *Maior (202 BC) — the same event in Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Polybius

Plutarch's Parallel Lives: Scipio utterly defeats Hannibal and breaks Carthage's pride; Polybius: Scipio wins and Hannibal flees

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Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 202 BC · Zama Regia/Zama *Maior

Scipio utterly defeats Hannibal and breaks Carthage's pride

ἀλλὰ Σκηπίων μὲν οὐ μετὰ πολὺν χρόνον αὐτόν τε νικήσας μάχῃ κατὰ κράτος Ἀννίβαν καὶ καταβαλὼν τὸ φρόνημα καὶ καταπατήσας τῆς Καρχηδόνος ὑποπεσούσης, ἀπέδωκε…
Location: Plut. Fabius 27.1

Polybius, Histories · 202 BC · Zama

Scipio wins and Hannibal flees

ὧν προσπεσόντων τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀννίβαν κατόπιν οἱ μὲν πλεῖστοι κατεκόπησαν ἐν τῇ τάξει, τῶν δὲ πρὸς φυγὴν ὁρμησάντων ὀλίγοι μὲν τελέως διέφυγον, ἅτε τῶν ἱππέων…
Location: 15.14

Place: Zama

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