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Zama - the big day (part 1)
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- Category: Ancients Battle Reports
- Published on Monday, 19 April 2010 18:26
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The first photographs from the big day. I will be adding more as I get a chance over the next few days, and filling in some more details.
First, the initial deployment of the two armies, as seen from the Carthaginian camp:
Initial deployment again, from the Roman wing:
And now the Carthaginian lines from the Roman side:
The Roman order of battle was:Command 1: Scipio - Reg Cv(O) Brilliant C-in-C Triarii - 8 Reg Sp(S) Principes - 16 Reg Bd(O) Command 2: Octavius - Reg Bd(O) Sub General Hastati - 15 Reg Bd(O) Velites - 16 Reg Ps(S) Command 3: Laelius - Reg Cv(O) Sub General Roman and Italian Cavalry - 4 Reg Cv(O) Numidians - 1 Irr LH(O) Command 4: Massinissa - Irr LH(O) Sub General Numidian Cavalry - 8 Irr LH(O) Numidian Infantru - 8 Irr Ps(S) Roman-trained Numidian Infantry - 4 Reg Ax(O) Command 5: 8 Reg Bge(O) 8 TF |
Carthaginian Order of Battle was:Command 1: Hannibal - Reg Cv(O) Brilliant C-in-C Veterans - 34 Reg Sp(S) Poeni Cavalry - 5 Reg Cv(O) Numidians - 5 Irr LH(O) Command 2: Hasnobaals - Reg Cv(O) Sub General Citizen and Libyan Infantry - 24 Reg Sp(I) Command 3: Corpus Magis - Reg Cv(O) Sub General Ligurian Mercenaries - 10 Irr Ax(S) Celtic Mercenaries - 8 Irr Wb(O) Moorish archers - 1 Irr Ps(O) Balearic slingers - 1 Reg Ps(O) Moorish and Numidian infantry 4 Irr Ps(S) Hastily gathered elephants - 7 Irr Exp(O) Command 4: 6 Irr Bge(O) 7 TF |




