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The Romans, in the ongoing war with …

Years: 213BCE - 202BCE

The Romans, in the ongoing war with Carthage, now deploy the Fabian strategy against Hannibal's skill on the battlefield.

Roman forces are more capable in siegecraft than the Carthaginians and recapture all of the major cities that have joined the enemy, as well as defeating a Carthaginian attempt to reinforce Hannibal at the battle of the Metaurus.

In Iberia, which serves as the main source of manpower for the Carthaginian army, a second Roman expedition under Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, takes Carthago Nova by assault and ends Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the battle of Ilipa.

The final showdown is the Battle of Zama in Africa between Scipio Africanus and Hannibal, resulting in the latter's defeat and the imposition of harsh peace conditions on Carthage, which ceases to be a major power and becomes a Roman client-state.

The battles of the Second Punic War are ranked among the most costly traditional battles of human history; in addition, there are a few successful ambushes of armies that also end in their annihilation.