battle of Zama

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battle of Zama - the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic WarZamaPunic War - one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BCRepublic of Tunisia, Tunisia - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"